More Freedom on the March! Marching away from America, apparently...

Facing South: Supremes uphold conviction in landmark free speech case:

"Yesterday, the Supreme Court made a key decision which even federal officals admit will have major implications for free speech across the country.

With all eyes on the Alito confirmation non-aftermath, the Court hastily refused to hear the appeal of South Carolina activist Brett Bursey, the first and only person to be prosecuted under the statute governing 'Threats to the President.'

Bursey's crime? Four years ago, when President Bush came to Columbia, SC to whip up support for the Iraq war, Bursey -- a leader of the South Carolina Progressive Network -- inserted himself into the pro-Bush crowd with a sign saying 'No more war for oil, don't invade Iraq.'

For these unthinkable sentiments, Bursey was commanded to retreat to an Orwellian-named 'free speech zone' or be charged with trespassing. As Bursey relates, 'I told the police that I was in a free speech zone called the United States of America.'"