Scalia-defender of freedoms.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Munkii
Conditional rights have always applied, especially to free speech.  I just don't see where this is a case.  NFL is not a public forum, it is a private organization, as are rock concerts.  You pay to get into them, or watch them on TV. (Through advertisements and commercial time)  A public speech is a completely different manner.

Officials at Presbyterian Christian High School in Hattiesburg did not announce the policy before Scalia's Wednesday appearance there.  

It is just a wild guess, but I think Presbyterian Christian High School might be a private school.  Therefore a speech given at a private school might be construed as private rather than public speech allowing limits to be applied as to the reporting of that private speech.

If Scalia were in the town square, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on, but in a private setting, as this could be considered to be.....

[Munkii]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
It is just a wild guess, but I think Presbyterian Christian High School might be a private school.  Therefore a speech given at a private school might be construed as private rather than public speech allowing limits to be applied as to the reporting of that private speech.

If Scalia were in the town square, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on, but in a private setting, as this could be considered to be.....

I quoted it as a private school in the original message.  My beef is with the fact that there were members of the press there, they obviously where allowed, but their recordings were erased.  Scalia admits that it was wrong.  I don't have a problem with him not allowing the video press there.  That would just turn a good speech for high school students into a media frenzy.  I actually agree with his policy in this light, unless of course it was in the town square, then it is fair game.