Military family’s funeral protest case heard

By Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 7, 2010

Tags: Constitutional, U.S. Supreme Court

In a case involving a controversial Topeka, Kan., church whose members travel the country to protest at the funerals of fallen soldiers, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court struggled to draw the line between protected speech and tortious activity. The case, Snyder v. Phelps, appealed from a September 2009 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit ...

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