Punishment Regardless of Fact

The Border Patrol agents involved in the so-called 'whipping' incident will be punished, in spite of the fact that they do not carry whips, the so-called whips proved to be reins, and they did not whip anyone in any case. The Biden administration will issue some sort of 'administrative' punishment -- loss of rank or pay, I imagine -- since there are no facts that would ground a criminal or even a civil one.

The Biden administration is also moving to 'take legal action' of some sort against an independent coin vendor who decided to mint a commemorative coin of the incident. However offensive such a coin may be, it's hard for me to see how there isn't a First Amendment right to mint one if you really wanted to do so. It's artistic expression, which doesn't have to be in good taste to be protected; and it could even be political expression (e.g. of support for harsh measures against illegal immigration), which is especially protected by the First Amendment regardless of whether the views are appropriate or offensive.

4 comments:

Texan99 said...

Way to lose the Valley. https://nypost.com/2022/06/15/texas-republican-mayra-flores-wins-special-election-defeating-democrat-dan-sanchez/

raven said...

The illusion of a Constitutional Republic with a Bill of Rights is wearing thin.
Soon we will be issued special eyeglasses.

E Hines said...

Texas Governor Abbott said at the outset of this Progressive-Democrat shameful...incident...that anyone associated with it who was fired has a job waiting for him in the Texas DPS. I hope that applies to those who resign in disgust over this idiocy.

Regarding the minting of a commemorative coin, I suppose there could be a case to be made if the commemoration used an actual coin of the nation. Defacing coins remains a crime of some sort. Whether the commemoration by defacing could be argued to be in the same vein as flag-burning is an open question.

Eric Hines

Assistant Village Idiot said...

It was approved by Comrade Beria