Woman Sues Over Anti-Bush Car Sticker

[cal04]

A woman who was ticketed for having an obscene anti-President George W. Bush bumper sticker filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against a county in the state of Georgia and its officials.

Denise Grier, 47, of Athens, Georgia, got a $100 ticket in March after a police officer in DeKalb County, which is in the suburbs of Atlanta, spotted the bumper sticker, which read "I'm Tired Of All The BUSH--."

Although a DeKalb judge threw out the ticket in April because the state's lewd bumper sticker law that formed the basis for the ticket was ruled unconstitutional in 1990, Grier is seeking damages for "emotional distress" against the county, according to the lawsuit.

Grier also seeks a declaration in federal court that her bumper sticker is considered protected speech under the constitutional right to free speech because she is "uncertain and insecure regarding her right to display her bumper sticker in DeKalb County," the lawsuit said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/16/national/main2096538.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._2096538

[Wonk]

1. dupe thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2406614&mesg_id=2406614
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2408022

[cal04]

3. thanks Wonk. I searched with Woman and it

didn't come up

[Wonk]

5. I find using more specific keywords helps.

For example, a search for 'bumper sticker' found both those other links right away.

[aquart]

2. Ah, revenge.

[CatWoman]

4. I live in DeKalb County

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