‘It’s juvenile to fight this war, you’re losing. It’s just making people more agitated, more determined to do something to provoke getting thrown out’
By Joe Kovacs
There is outrage in New Jersey after a resident was booted from his local council meeting for holding up an American flag and Constitution, something local officials have banned as “props” from their gatherings.
Police escorted out Joel Bassoff, a lawyer from the Township of Edison, after he displayed Old Glory as well as the nation’s founding document, warning of potential legal action for the government’s restriction of residents’ free speech.
“I’m holding up an American flag to represent the constitutional values,” Bassoff said.
“It’s my constitutional right to do this,” Bassoff said. “If you get sued, you will lose. My suggestion to you is that you get a second opinion from competent counsel because you are wrong.”