Mullets were banned “Along with ponytails, elaborate spikes, and long hair, Iran has issued a list of approved Muslim hairstyles in effort to ban the country of ‘decadent Western cuts’.”

UPDATE: Best comment award goes to Dan:

“Wow. Iran must fear an invasion of Florida Gator football fans. Once Iran prohibits the wearing of jorts, we can be sure of it.”

In United States v. Stevens the Court held that the law violated the First Amendment in an 8-1 decision (with Alito the lone dissenter).

Although the law had noble roots, the Court was right to strike it down IMHO, particularly because of the breadth of the law. If the government does not like conduct, it should ban and prosecute the conduct rather than the speech flowing therefrom.

Apparently, Scalia was pretty tough on the government during oral argument. Maybe because he was afraid of having to buy Monster Bucks XVI on the black market.

You can read the opinion here.

Mr. Obama has his opinion; now let him render it.

You know, this is an amazing week. Massachusetts goes Republican, health care dies and the Supreme Court unshackles the First Amendment. It’s the best week I’ve had since spring break in medical school — and I don’t even remember it. And there was another item . . .  Air America, the liberal talk show network went out of business — which is a redundancy because nobody was listening anyway. ~ Charles Krauthammer on Fox

Apparently, this one doesn’t. Democrat Mass. Senatorial candidate Martha Coakley’s aide pushes Weekly Standard reporter down, then continues to assault him as he seeks to question Coakley. Story here.  Let’s see, assault and battery, civil rights violations . . . yes, yes, all kinds of fun things to consider here. Has Coakley fired this thug? No, she’s blaming the incident on “Republican stalkers.” Good grief.

The reporter thinks this might be the perp.  Hey, Chicago style politics is all the rage these days! And Coakley is the Mass. AG! Holy, Moley!

**UPDATE: BigGovernment.com is saying yes, Michael Meehan is the perp. And surprise, surprise, he’s an Obama appointee – for the Broadcasting Board of Governors which oversees federal news operations like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe no less!! He also worked with NARAL – hey, he’s used to violence. And, you gotta love this line by BIG G:

“His (Meehan’s) Senate confirmation hearing should be a hoot.”

I could not make up much better stuff than this. Thank you Mr. Meehan, you may have just handed the election to Scott Brown.

or,  The First Amendment Ain’t Always Pretty

This video cannot be embedded but is definitely worth following the link to watch. A man in California has put up a Christmas display of a shotgun-wielding Jesus standing over a recently dispatched Santa. Behind Jesus is a truck with a run-over Rudolph  on the hood.

The best line from the piece comes from the “creator” of the display: “Christmas is not about Santa, its about Jesus, not the Jesus as the killer with the shotgun.”

Just put this display on public property and you have a law school exam fact pattern for the ages.

h/t the law hammer