However, Andrea Dick is an ardent fan of former President Trump and believes that the election was fraudulently won by him. She’s not a fan of Joe Biden, and that’s just the beginning of it.
New Jersey Home Scream Messages
The banners outside her New Jersey home scream messages like “Don’t Blame Me/I Voted for Trump” and “Don’t Blame Me/I Voted for Trump” in harsh terms. There are a few that use a word that some find extremely offensive, but the Supreme Court long ago ruled that its usage could not be prohibited only to protect those it offends.
She refused to remove some of the flags that municipal officials claimed were in violation of an anti-obscenity ordinance. Now, she’s refusing to comply with a judge’s order and vowing to challenge it in court on the basis of her First Amendment rights.
It’s my First Amendment right, and I’m going to stick with that,” she stated in an interview on Monday.
This is just the latest in a long series of cases where municipal officials have had to find a tricky middle ground between supporting free speech and responding to concerns over language that some citizens find offensive.
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Her mother, Dick, 54, said she bought the banners earlier this year from Amazon and other stores but didn’t hang them on their Roselle Park home’s fence or put them up until Memorial Day, she explained.
She Said, “Something must have gotten me Agitated.”
Some Roselle Park homeowners were concerned about the banners’ language and the likelihood for passing children to see it, she said, noting that her home was near a school.
Even though there were no formal complaints lodged, Mayor Joseph Signorello III said he had forwarded complaints to the borough’s code enforcement officer. In November, residents of Roselle Park, a hamlet of 14,000 people located around 40 minutes from Times Square, decisively chose Biden as their vice presidential nominee..
It’s “not about politics in any sense,” Democrat Signorello added. Officials, according to him, would have taken the same action if protesters’ signs used the same language to voice their disapproval of Trump’s presidency. “Decency is at stake.”
Dilascio was issued a citation by Judy Mack, the Roselle Park code enforcement officer, for breaking an ordinance that forbids the displaying of obscene material within the borough.
Mack said that in her more than a decade of service as a Roselle Park code enforcer, she had never used the ordinance. Signorello had relayed people’ complaints to her, but he had not instructed her to take any specific action.
He Claimed to be Simply Carrying out his Responsibilities as Mack.
Mack informed Dick that he had a few days to remove the banners. Her absence was followed by a citation for her to appear in court.
According to Bundy, there are “other avenues for the defendant to communicate her delight or dissatisfaction with particular political leaders,” emphasising the proximity of Dick’s residence to a school in his ruling.
“Every day, when they drive by the residence,” he said, “elementary-age youngsters are exposed to that word, as they use vulgarity.”
This is not a political case,” he continued, “freedom of speech is not merely an absolute right.” It’s a matter of language, plain and simple. “Political discourse is not restricted by this regulation.” (Bundy’s decision was reported by NJ.com on Friday.)
This decision was hailed by Roselle Park Borough Attorney Jarrid Kantor, who said that Roselle Park officials had been cautious not to politicise Dick’s banners and had instead focused on the possible harm they could do children.
Kantor Remarked, “We Think he Got it Just Perfect.”
The law professor at Seton Hall University, Thomas Healy, disagreed. He is a specialist in constitutional law.
To demonstrate that the word in question in Dick’s case did not qualify as obscene speech, Healy cited a Supreme Court decision from 1971, Cohen v. California, that turned on whether or not the same word at issue in Dick’s case was obscene.
If Bundy’s decision is maintained, it would be “stunned,” according to him, because it is “impossible to envision a simpler case from a constitutional standpoint.”
Even though both the mayor and the code enforcement officer indicated that Signorello had not ordered any specific actions, Healy said he was concerned that the enforcement action had come after the mayor expressed concerns about the banners to the code enforcement officer.
Healy Replied, “It doesn’t Look Good.”
There have been similar conflicts this year on Long Island, New York; Indiana, Tennessee, and Connecticut; and roughly a half-drive hour’s south of Roselle Park, in Hazlet, New Jersey, where Dick comes from.
A similar banner was placed up by a resident in Hazlet, prompting the same complaints as Roselle Park, Mayor Tara Clark said.
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On the basis of an anti-nuisance ordinance, Clark said officials contacted the homeowner last month and requested that he take down the flag, but they did not take any action to enforce this.
