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John Roberts’ Unfunny Stalking Jokes at SCOTUS

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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The First Amendment Doctrine in the Case of Stalking

Marianne Williamson: I was very struck by the extent to which the argument is, but he was unwell. He had a mental illness and he was never going to perform on any of these case closed. And probably more so in the case of stalking than anywhere else, it doesn't solve the problem because you have some stalkers who are fully aware of the wrongness of their actions and they're doing it anyway. Stalkers routinely do things like send flowers and gifts and say innocuous things like good morning or do you want to go up for coffee out of context. So the more you put into play this idea that, well, this person just is incapable of an understanding that

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