His fellow city council members applauded his actions, rule of law and the First Amendment apparently not being conservative values. But local prosecutors are investigating whether he should be charged with vandalism. Let's hope the muckety-mucks in Oakland, California, don't try to imitate their comrades in Azusa. Health officials there are upset that a local billboard company won't take their ads mocking Budweiser's beer-drinking frogs. The company says it has a policy not to take ads attacking other customers' products, and that it will take anti-drinking ads that don't single out a particular product or company.
Local officials claim the company's refusal to run their ads violates their First Amendment rights.
The Selective Service system never seems to give up in its quest to punish men who don't want to kill others. Last year, it tried to convince the state of California not to award high school diplomas to young men who hadn't registered for the draft. That move failed. Now it wants the state to deny them their driver's licenses. In New York City, students who arrive late for school are being taken into custody by the police.