SCOTUS ruling on the Stratton canvasing case: Cappytan & Mark O'Donnell livestream

by Diogenesister 2 Replies latest social current

  • Diogenesister
    Diogenesister

    Hi all. I just saw got a message from Cappytan that he is going live on the 19th June EST (UK 8 pm) with Mark O'Donnell & Jake Alt worldly to discuss the recent SCOTUS ruling in favour of Watchtower re: the Stratton v. Watchtower case.

    So the Stratton mayor required anyone canvasing door to door to fill out a form prior to visiting residents homes. Watchtower claimed the form, which required you to reveal your name, was unconstitutional and interfered with their first Amendment, free speech rights.

    My step father in the UK was responsible for our restriction on 'cold calling" law, enacted to protect the vulnerable from illegitimate businessmen, criminals and others intent on taking advantage of the vulnerable at home or otherwise doing them harm. It is a by-law usually enacted in areas with high numbers of the elderly, assisted living or those with learning disabilities.

    It's seems as if the Stratton mayor was attempting to do something similar?*

    Anyway should be interesting since they are commenting on a watchtower video on the subject.

    *NB there had been a recent murder of a householder by a canvasser in the next town.

    https://youtu.be/tHOBK07rdWM

  • Anony Mous
    Anony Mous

    SCOTUS is correct in this case, you shouldn’t need a permit or put on a list for exercising your constitutional rights. You’d hope they rule the same for the second amendment case that is currently in the same vein in front of them.

  • markweatherill
    markweatherill

    Just to point out that the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling is not recent; it's the 20th anniversary of the ruling that watchtower wants to celebrate, because (as is discussed in Cappytan's video) more recent legal cases are nothing they'd like to boast about.

    Just make sure nobody wishes the Stratton ruling a happy birthday, eh.

    Although that might be OK given that the JWs were apparently presenting alongside a Mormon ie engaging in 'interfaith'.

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