Can we prosecute Ann Coulter?

[nolies32fouettes]

http://www.progressiveu.org/032631-can-we-prosecute-ann-coulter-for-this-someone-took-her-up-on-that-joke-to-put-rat-poisons-in-supreme-court-justices-treat

What do you think?

[wtmusic]

1. Does she deserve that much attention? nt

[nolies32fouettes]

2. It's not theSHE that deserves the attention. It's the crimes because

of what she said.

[LA lady]

3. This is from the site you linked to

First, this mailing happened in 2005, while Ms. Coulter's comment happened in 2006. It's temporally impossible for Ann Coulter's remark to have prompted this.

Second, it should also be noted the sender sent these things to the heads of the armed services, the head of the FBI, and others, which Ann Coulter never suggested, and which is not even remotely a logical extrapolation from the Ann Coulter comment.

Third, the sender wasn't actually going after these people. She put fake return addresses on the things and then included the letters that said they were poison, because she was trying to get the people whose return addresses she put on the packages in trouble.

Fourth, this is a free country. Much as it is entirely legal for people to openly call for a violent revolution to overthrow the government, or for soldiers to frag their officers, it is legal to call for the poisoning of public officials. That's free speech, as established by the very same liberal Justices Ann Coulter hates so much.

So, to go after Ann Coulter over this, you have to ignore the Constitution of the United States, why the poisoned goods were sent, to whom they were sent, and when they were sent. Other than that, yeah, solid case.

[The Deacon]

9. Actually

It IS NOT "entirely legal" for people to "openly call for violent revolution" or "the poisoning of public officials." Those ARE NOT covered by the First Amendment (as both liberal & conservative judges have found on many occasions.) It is perfectly Constitutional for Congress to pass laws criminalizing such actions. And they have. So irrespective of whether the person in question acted on Ann Coulter's suggestions, advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government or bringing harm to public officials is illegal, and if Ann Coulter did so she could be prosecuted. (Historical note: prosecutions under these laws are rare absent any overt acts.)

[nolies32fouettes]

13. true. But it's still seems to me that the courts may rule

that hate speech that leads to a crime may not be protected.

I'm not a lawyer. But oooooh it would feel so good to take that mouth down!

[rusty charly]

15. "you have to ignore the Constitution of the United States"

ask any republican for help with this.

[Nikki Stone1]

4. Who?

?

[INDIA]

5. Yes!

And after we're done with her, we'll go after Ann Coulter!!!

[leftofthedial]

6. any relation to Ann Cooter?

:rofl:

[nolies32fouettes]

14. ha ha

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Why bring Cooter into this?

:D

[rfranklin]

8. It's Ann Cuntler you fool!

Learn to spell for Christs' sake!

[nolies32fouettes]

17. lol--a little dislexia goes a long way.

[Rageneau]

10. On national TV, Anne once proudly stated that she had lied to the FBI

It was during Monica. David Gregory was subbing for Geraldo and Manne was a guest. They were discussing Kathleen Willey's conflicting testimony to Starr and the FBI, when Manne -- attempting to slough off said lies as unimportant (unlike the enormously important Clinton 'lies) blithely mentioned to Gregory that a lot of people, herself included, lied to investigative agencies like the FBI.

She said (approximately) "It's like when the FBI comes to you and asks you about drug use by people you knew back in college, and you tell them you never saw them with any drugs, even though the person was known to be the biggest pothead on campus."

I no longer have the direct quote or the exact time and date -- it was on a hard drive that crashed. But I am certain, CERTAIN of the context. Manne specifically acknowleged that she had lied to the FBI and laughed about iu. Gregory himself seemed shocked by this admission and pointedly asked her if she actually meant to admit that she had lied to the FBI, and she happily said she had.

I remember thinking at the time, "Boy, if you were a liberal instead a wingnut, this would be all over Free Republic by tomorrow and you'd be under indictment by the day after."

But because Manne is protected by the powerful wingnut-preservation-society, she got away with it. Never caused a ripple. I wouldn't be surprises if I was the only one who remembered it. But it happened!!

[nolies32fouettes]

16. WOW! that's awful! I can't believe they didn't charge her then!

[sam sarrha]

11. would be easier to "Commit" him..

[Demeter]

12. Stupidity Is Not A Crime, Alas

Nor is mental illness. Nor is being a sociopath.

[nolies32fouettes]

19. That's why Bush is in office! (Cheney and PNAC members too)

[ray of light]

18. Ann Coulter belongs behind bars for election fraud or something too.

[Cheap_Trick]

20. I'd rather

try and execute the anorexic he-bitch. And fuck the trial. Just get to the executing part.

[ray of light]

22. you shouldn't say that...only 'cuz they prob. watch this site and can get your ip.

[Marie26]

21. No

It doesn't qualify as enticement, so it'd be convered by free speech. How many liberals have "joked" about bad things happening to Bush? Same deal.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

23. Ann the man

Man Coulter is a fool.