12/08/2020
Big shout out to our number one son and First Amendment Jedi Zachary Greenberg and his ace lawyers for the fantastic decision today in the PA 8.4 lawsuit and for the Court's recognition of the importance of the case by refusing the State's motion to dismiss and granting a preliminary injunction preventing the rule from being enforced.
There is no doubt that the government is acting with beneficent intentions. However, in doing so, the government has created a rule that promotes a government-favored, viewpoint monologue and creates a pathway for its handpicked arbiters to determine, without any concrete standards, who and what offends. This leaves the door wide open for them to determine what is bias and prejudice based on whether the viewpoint expressed is socially and politically acceptable and within the bounds of permissible cultural parlance. Yet the government cannot set its standard by legislating diplomatic speech because although it embarks upon a friendly, favorable tide, this tide sweeps us all along with the admonished, minority viewpoint into the massive currents of suppression and repression. Our limited constitutional Government was designed to protect the individual’s right to speak freely, including those individuals expressing words or ideas we abhor.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ZACHARY GREENBERG, : CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, : : v. : No. 20-3822 : JAMES C. HAGGERTY, in his official : capacity as Board Chair of The : Disciplinary Board of the Supreme : Court of Pennsylvania, et al., : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM.