Oh, Middleborough
Last night at their town meeting, the town of Middleborough, MA, passed a $20 fine for swearing in public.
How the *#&! is this enforceable?* Or constitutional? I know that the resort area of Virginia Beach, VA, has a similar bylaw (that's where I took the photo that got turned into the icon on this post), but I still don't know how it's possible to make a law of this sort without impinging on folks' First Amendment rights.
ETA: For those of you who like this sort of thing, the Warrant is here, and it was Article 24.
See what I did there? ;-)
How the *#&! is this enforceable?* Or constitutional? I know that the resort area of Virginia Beach, VA, has a similar bylaw (that's where I took the photo that got turned into the icon on this post), but I still don't know how it's possible to make a law of this sort without impinging on folks' First Amendment rights.
ETA: For those of you who like this sort of thing, the Warrant is here, and it was Article 24.
See what I did there? ;-)