Be careful what you wish for.
Seriously, the result is fine, but once again the Supremes are asked to come up with a legal principle of general application that will help us decide what is or is not permitted in the future and they come up with this:
Still, there are times when messages in publicly governed spaces can be justifiably restricted, Deschamps wrote. The fact that buses are used by an essentially captive audience, including children, must be considered.
"Thus, limits on advertising are contextual."
This cop-out ("It all depends.") has become very common in SCC decisions and should give Charter fans some pause. The cumulative effect of them all means there is a lot of consequent uncertainty in the law that only a couple of hundred grand in legal fees can resolve. I find it ironic that so much cyber-ink is spent here arguing about whether Harper has a mandate for this or that while so many feel perfectly comfortable in throwing broadly-based decision-making authority to nine sages from one profession appointed for life with effectively no possibility of removal.
I'm supposed to be happy that bus riders will be subjected to neocon attack ads now?
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