WASHINGTON – A South Carolina man whose foul mouth got him in trouble in a federal courtroom wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take a look at his case.
Lawyers for the man, Robert Peoples, convicted on a contempt charge for an outburst last year, have filed a petition in the high court that asks the question: “Did the imperative use of the F-bomb urging the court to get off his cases ‘profanely threaten judicial authority’ and thereby constitute contempt, and did the court’s reliance on the use of such a word violate protected freedom of expression.”
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