Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Against Recording Police 225
An anonymous reader writes "The Illinois anti-eavesdropping law was cut down slightly. While protecting the average citizen from eavesdropping, it also put in place prohibitions against recording the police as they were doing their jobs. An appeals court sided with the ACLU, saying that it was too great a restriction on First Amendment rights. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal, cementing in place the lower court's ruling. In Illinois, you can now secretly record the police."
Re:In Illinois? (Score:3, Funny)
They will still arrest you for, among other things, creating a disturbance, interfering with an officer, resisting arrest, mopery and dopery. ;)
And well they should--this country is being overrun with mopery & dopery. The more mopes & dopes we can get off the streets, the better!
Re:In Illinois? (Score:1, Funny)
The problem is that mopes and dopes got 98% of the votes 3 weeks ago.
You're confusing the mopes and dopes with the bums and scum.
The mopes and dopes did 98% of the voting, thereby electing the bums and scum.
Re:In Illinois? (Score:5, Funny)