Not as Predicted.

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The Supreme Court, which we were told would become an anti-gay epicenter if Robertson and Alito were confirmed, has turned down a request from Jerry Falwell to close up Fallwell.com, a site that aims to explain "why Rev. Falwell is completely wrong about people who are gay or lesbian." The televangelist had claimed the domain name's spelling was too close to that of his official Web presence and asked the Court to shut it down. But apparently free speech is still seen as a constitutional right, in at least some instances.
-- Stephen H. Miller

3 Comments for “Not as Predicted.”

  1. posted by Eddie Brown on

    I do not think this decision not to hear a case says much about gay rights one way or the other.

    The USSC does not hear most cases that it is asked to, and Freedom of Speech is one issue that most justice seem to have some agreement on.

  2. posted by raj on

    I hate to break it to you, Stephen, but, if I were you, I would not read too much into the fact that the US SupCt denied certiorari in this case. It was a matter of straightforward trademark law, and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals applied trademark law exactly correctly. So, let me ask you this (I know that you won’t respond; you almost never do) what would be the basis for the SupCt granting cert in this trademark case? Whether or not one might discover a “gay” issue?

  3. posted by Randy R. on

    The Supreme Court denies cert. in most cases, especially when the law is well settled, and there is little or no conflict of laws. That appears to be the case here. So I wouldn’t assume that anything from the decision on this case.

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