Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over Airport Arrest | Threat Level | Wired.com

Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over Airport Arrest | Threat Level | Wired.com:

'via Blog this'Here, Mr. Tobey engaged in a silent, peaceful protest using the text of our Constitution—he was well within the ambit of First Amendment protections. And while it is tempting to hold that First Amendment rights should acquiesce to national security in this instance, our Forefather Benjamin Franklin warned against such a temptation by opining that those ‘who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.’ We take heed of his warning and are therefore unwilling to relinquish our First Amendment protections—even in an airport.