https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50857 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:50:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11729#comment-50857 I clerked for a district judge, and we one time received an envelope from a prisoner, containing partially chewed food. We just sent it back to the warden’s office.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50845 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:36:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11729#comment-50845 Notice, in one case, an attorney was insulted (bad bad bad, can’t let that happen) and in another case a mere corrections officer was defamed (hey, he’s just a corrections officer, he should lump it). Sometimes, you wonder if it is the law being served, or the legal profession.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50837 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11729#comment-50837 Are prosecutors immune from protest letters written by their constituents? There was no threat in the letter.

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