The display clause prohibits advertising your party / movement / whatever <i>in the Supreme Court building</i>. It's a specific exemption intended to avoid influencing the impartiality of the group responsible for making determinations about the Constitution, which strikes me as not such a dumb idea.<p><i>It is unlawful to parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Supreme Court Building or grounds, or to display in the Building and grounds a flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement.</i><p>There are some genuinely stupid acts of government out there like free speech zones and all the security theatre, or attacking photographers. This is not one of them.<p>Want something to get mad at the government about today? Congress is currently playing an $85 billion dollar game of chicken.<p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57572068/sequester-its-just-dumb-obama-says/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57572068/sequester-its-j...</a>
TIL:<p><a href="http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/40/II/C/61/IV/6135" rel="nofollow">http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/40/II/C/61/IV/6135</a><p>40 U.S.C. § 6135<p><i>Parades, assemblages, and display of flags in the Supreme Court Building and grounds</i><p>It is unlawful to parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Supreme Court Building or grounds, or to display in the Building and grounds a flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement.
You know, I was going to post about how stupid the gov't was on this from reading the title.<p>But he wasn't arrested simply because of his jacket.<p>He was arrested because his jacket was political in nature, he was asked to take it off or leave, and he refused to leave.<p>If I asked someone to leave my business and they didn't, I'd have them removed by police too if it became necessary.<p>For those who think there are free speech rights in a judicial building, try being the one to make repeated outbursts in a courtroom. If nothing else the government is being consistent here.