<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; First Amendment</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/tag/first-amendment/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog</link>
	<description>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION: Criminal Law Blog by Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:44:11 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" />
		<item>
		<title>POLICE POWERS PUT IN CHECK</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/11/06/police-powers-put-in-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/11/06/police-powers-put-in-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Houston Criminal Lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excessive force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video recording]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recording Police Misconduct Protected by First Amendment

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Simon Glik was, and remains, a good citizen. He understands right from wrong no matter who the author of the wrongful action may be. So what he did on the evening of October 1, 2007 was a natural response of a good citizen. As he was walking past the Boston Common, he saw three of Boston’s finest arresting a young man. Moments later he heard a bystander exclaim, “you are hurting him, stop!” Glik, who was only ten feet away from the arresting officers, was concerned enough that the police were using “excessive force,” he began filming the incident on his cell phone.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/11/06/police-powers-put-in-check/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>FREEDOM OF SPEECH SURVIVES YET ANOTHER ASSAULT</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/10/16/freedom-of-speech-survives-yet-another-assault/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/10/16/freedom-of-speech-survives-yet-another-assault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fabrications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incitement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obscenity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/?p=496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Freedom of Speech: Conviction for Lying about Medal of Honor Reversed

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

No one likes a liar, a blowhard, or someone who takes credit for something he doesn’t deserve. But that description applies to most of us at one point or another in their lives. People lie about things to make themselves look better in the eyes of others; people embellish life events (the proverbial fish story about the “one that got away”); and people tend to take more credit than they deserve when they are part of a group success (like claiming credit for scoring the winning touchdown in a flag football game when they actually never caught a pass in their lives). This is the general state of human nature, a mirror reflection of those who tediously grope through mundane, sometimes insignificant, lives trying to simultaneously cope with personal fallibility and certain mortality.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/10/16/freedom-of-speech-survives-yet-another-assault/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>THE SUPREME COURT MAKES A DIFFICULT CHOICE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/04/24/the-supreme-court-makes-a-difficult-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/04/24/the-supreme-court-makes-a-difficult-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal cruelty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bull fights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/?p=396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Free Speech:  Federal Law Criminalizing Depictions of Animal Cruelty Declared Unconstitutional

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

There are times when the U.S. Constitution protects human activity that is repugnant and seemingly socially irredeemable. The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a ruling in the case of Robert J. Stevens who was convicted under a federal statute titled 18 U.S.C. Sec. 48 which prohibits the “depiction of animal cruelty.” This statute was enacted by Congress to, as the Supreme Court said, “criminalize the commercial creation, sale, or possession of certain depiction of animal cruelty.”]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/04/24/the-supreme-court-makes-a-difficult-choice/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ONLINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/01/02/online-solicitation-of-a-minor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/01/02/online-solicitation-of-a-minor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal sexual activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pedophile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solicitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Online Solicitation of a Minor Statutes and Free  Speech
By:  Houston Criminal Defense  Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
In 2005 the Texas Legislature enacted Article 33.021, Texas Penal Code, which prohibits “sexually explicit” communications between someone who is 17 years or older and someone who “represents himself or herself to be younger than [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/01/02/online-solicitation-of-a-minor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

