WASHINGTON -- A case that will determine whether state cross-burning laws violate the free speech rights of racists prompted lively debate at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as justices ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Normally stoic and silent during arguments, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas found his voice Wednesday, condemning cross burning as a symbol of oppression during "100 years of ...
"While a burning cross does not inevitably convey a message of intimidation, often the cross burner intends that the recipients of the message fear for their lives," O'Connor wrote. "And when a cross ...