[SOC] Nomination for SOC membership

[Nick Yokanovich]

I nominate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia for SOC membership. Story
below:

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CLEVELAND (Associated Press)- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia banned
broadcast media from an appearance Wednesday where he will receive an award
for supporting free speech.

The City Club usually tapes speakers for later broadcast on public
television, but Scalia insisted on banning television and radio coverage,
the club said. Scalia is being given the organization's Citadel of Free
Speech Award.

"I might wish it were otherwise, but that was one of the criteria that he
had for acceptance," said James Foster, the club's executive director.

The ban on broadcast media, "begs disbelief and seems to be in conflict with
the award itself," C-SPAN vice president and executive producer Terry Murphy
wrote in a letter last week to the City Club. "How free is speech if there
are limits to its distribution?"

The City Club selected Scalia because he has "consistently, across the
board, had opinions or led the charge in support of free speech," Foster
said.

Cameras and recording devices are banned from the Supreme Court chamber, and
Scalia prefers not to have camera coverage in other settings, said Kathleen
Arberg, spokeswoman for the court.

Scalia made the same demand on John Carroll University, where he spoke
Tuesday night. He talked mostly about the constitutional protection of
religions, but also said that government has room to scale back individual
rights during wartime without violating the Constitution.

"The Constitution just sets minimums," Scalia said. "Most of the rights that
you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires."

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How SOC is that?!

Nick K3NY SOC 348