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supreme court will make a major decision in albert snider versus the westboro baptist church. ven members was kansas base church protested 300 feed away from the entrance of st. johns catholic church in westminster. the group targets marines who have been killed,; albert's son wasn't gay. but he was targeted. >> it's hard enough to bury a child. but to have this go on, too. it's like somebody kicking you in the face. >> snider sued the westboro baptist church for causing him extreme emotional distress. a baltimore jury awarded him millions. he thought the church would go bankrupt and stop protests at hundreds of funerals. but an appeals court overturned the verdict, sighting freedom of speech. >> my son and hundreds of thousands of other men and women have died to protect freedom of speech. and to have a group of 80 people degrade it and mock it is disuftsing. >> reporter: the case is shaping up to be an important test of first amendment rights. >> most speech will offend somebody. and we just need to be able to protect that. we can't have rules that make speech illegal or the
supreme court will make a major decision in albert snider versus the westboro baptist church. ven members was kansas base church protested 300 feed away from the entrance of st. johns catholic church in westminster. the group targets marines who have been killed,; albert's son wasn't gay. but he was targeted. >> it's hard enough to bury a child. but to have this go on, too. it's like somebody kicking you in the face. >> snider sued the westboro baptist church for causing him extreme...
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. >> reporter: for albert snider, the question is not whether it's the church's amendment rights as much as the wrong done to him the day he buried his son. >> something no family should live through. >> reporter: tom fitzgerald joins us now. it's impossible to count supreme court votes, we know that and did any justices give an indication how they're leaning here? >> longtime court watchers say it's hard to see how they going lean. if you were in the chamber, it was hard to miss the similar tone all of them had, from justice scalia who holds down the right-wing of the court to justice gins beg on the left flank. all 9 seem to be indicating from a constitutional standpoint, it was hard for them to see how the church members broke the law or violated the constitution. now, a lower court overturned the $5 billion judgement against the church and if the justices come back, and say they did this because of their 1st amendment, snider's case will be overturned and he won't see that meany. >> dan, you were at the oral argument this morning and in your opinion, do you think these are horrible d
. >> reporter: for albert snider, the question is not whether it's the church's amendment rights as much as the wrong done to him the day he buried his son. >> something no family should live through. >> reporter: tom fitzgerald joins us now. it's impossible to count supreme court votes, we know that and did any justices give an indication how they're leaning here? >> longtime court watchers say it's hard to see how they going lean. if you were in the chamber, it was...
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. >> reporter: in 2006, albert snider's son, a marine serving in afghanian
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. >> reporter: it was such an emotional day for albert snider, -- snyder the father of the marine whosewas proprotested. today, i observed him sitting quietly in front of the u.s. supreme court justices. but when he emerged from the hour-long oral arguments, sn yder was surrounded by war veterans, including two mo -- who traveled from baltimore to be by his side. >> we feel people have the right to freedom of speech. but they cross the decency line. and like mr. snyder, enough is enough. it's traumatic enough to lose a family member. and they don't need a circus alongside it. >> i feel that we've gotten beyond the point of common sense. and the first amendment is being misused, things like that. and i wanted to support him. because i'm in agreement with him 100%. >> reporter: snyder's son matthew was killed in 2006 in iraq. after that, a baltimore jury awarded him $5 million for emotional distress. but that was overturned on appeal. now, the issue is in the hands of the nine u.s. supreme court justices. they will decide whether a private individual can sue over hateful speech. we'll con
. >> reporter: it was such an emotional day for albert snider, -- snyder the father of the marine whosewas proprotested. today, i observed him sitting quietly in front of the u.s. supreme court justices. but when he emerged from the hour-long oral arguments, sn yder was surrounded by war veterans, including two mo -- who traveled from baltimore to be by his side. >> we feel people have the right to freedom of speech. but they cross the decency line. and like mr. snyder, enough is...
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supreme court will make a major decision in albert snider versus the founder of the westboro baptisthurch. it's a case that started at a maryland marine funeral four years ago. that's when they protested 300 feet away from the st. john's catholic church in westminster. the group targeted them saying that god is punishing america for its acceptance of homosexuality. he said his son was not gay but that his son was targeted. >> it's hard enough to bury a child. but to have this go on, too. it's like somebody kicking you in the face. >> reporter: he sued the westborough baptist church. a baltimore jury awarded him millions. he thought the church would go bankrupt and stop protesting at hundreds of funerals. but an appeals court overturned the verdict, citing freedom of speech. >> my son and hundreds of thousands of others other men and women have fought for freedom of speech. and to have 180 people degrade it and mock it is disgusting. >> reporter: this is shaping up to be an important test of first amendment rights. and whether hateful speech is protected speech. >> most speech will of
supreme court will make a major decision in albert snider versus the founder of the westboro baptisthurch. it's a case that started at a maryland marine funeral four years ago. that's when they protested 300 feet away from the st. john's catholic church in westminster. the group targeted them saying that god is punishing america for its acceptance of homosexuality. he said his son was not gay but that his son was targeted. >> it's hard enough to bury a child. but to have this go on, too....
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albert snider sued the west earl baptist church and its leader, fred phelps, after they staged a demonstrationatthew snider was killed in iraq. >> it comes down to dignity. no one, i don't care if you're not military, no one should be buried with what the phelps did to him. >> this is a case of free speech versus privacy rights. the court will also weigh in on the case of texas death row inmate hank skinner. skinner says he's innocent of the triple murder he's accused of committing. he says he has a specific right to show dna evidence post conviction. >> if i'm innocent, i go home, if i'm guilty, i die. what's so hard about that? >> prosecutors argue skinner had his chance to appeal and argue that if he wins, it will open the floodgates to frivolous lawsuits, clogging the supreme court justice system. other cases are a lawsuit trying to ban violent video games to children. the court will also consider a challenge to an arizona law cracking down on businesses hiring illegal i am grantmmigra. opponents argue federal law trumps state laws. meanwhile, the newest justice, elena kagan, is taking to
albert snider sued the west earl baptist church and its leader, fred phelps, after they staged a demonstrationatthew snider was killed in iraq. >> it comes down to dignity. no one, i don't care if you're not military, no one should be buried with what the phelps did to him. >> this is a case of free speech versus privacy rights. the court will also weigh in on the case of texas death row inmate hank skinner. skinner says he's innocent of the triple murder he's accused of committing....
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. >> reporter: albert snider begins his opening remarks to the u.s. supreme court, but within seconds the justices pepper him. >> are we just talking about a funeral? >> and justice ginsburg talks about laws in maryland. >> maryland has a statute putting time, place and manner restrictions. i read that statute and it seems to me that there was nothing unlawful. >> maryland legislature made it clear that they didn't want people to protest funerals in general. >> reporter: justice steven breyer struggled out loud if we need boundaries on hateful speech. >> i think the first amendment might not leave this alone, but it it's not going to leave this alone, there is where we need a rule. >> and justice alito gives a scenario about a grandmother whose grandson is killed by an ied in iraq. >> someone approaches, and speaks to her in the most vial terms about her son. he was killed by an ied, do you know what ieds do, let me describe it for you. and i am so happy that this happened. now, is that protected by the first amendment? there is no false statement inv
. >> reporter: albert snider begins his opening remarks to the u.s. supreme court, but within seconds the justices pepper him. >> are we just talking about a funeral? >> and justice ginsburg talks about laws in maryland. >> maryland has a statute putting time, place and manner restrictions. i read that statute and it seems to me that there was nothing unlawful. >> maryland legislature made it clear that they didn't want people to protest funerals in general....
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albert snyder's side. >> yeah, that's right. this westborough baptist church, unfortunately is from kansas. they're about a mile from my office. when the case started, we reached out to al sniderlet the snyder family know the people of kansas don't support this kind of activity. >> gretchen: let's listen to what mr. snyder had to say about this case and what it's really a first amendment case when he visited our show last week. >> this case is not about free speech. it's about targeted harassment and it shouldn't continue to be taken like free speech. >> gretchen: here you have a man whose son gave the ultimate sacrifice and then he has to face that kind of what he deems harassment at the funeral of his only son. he can't get that moment back, can he? >> no, you're exactly right. some of the people on the other side of this are making it out like we're north korea or china or something. you got to remember that the westborough baptist church can do their stuff in 99.9% of the ary in a out there and all we're asking for is an hour of peace and quiet when a private individual gives the ultimate sacrifice to let their family have that time. >> gretchen: of course, they do it at t
albert snyder's side. >> yeah, that's right. this westborough baptist church, unfortunately is from kansas. they're about a mile from my office. when the case started, we reached out to al sniderlet the snyder family know the people of kansas don't support this kind of activity. >> gretchen: let's listen to what mr. snyder had to say about this case and what it's really a first amendment case when he visited our show last week. >> this case is not about free speech. it's about...