Constitution v Hawthorne

As some of you may have heard, Andy Gause (the same one who was so generous in providing a meeting place for our sign making and letter writing) was ordered in mid-Februrary by the Borough of Hawthorne to remove his Ron Paul lawn signs. He refused on principle and has been ticketed by Hawthorne for having an 'illicit' political sign on his property more than seven days past the primary.

On March 20th the fireworks begin in Hawthorne Municipal Court. Court begins at 4pm but there's no way to be sure where his issue is on the docket - so 4pm to 6pm would be a good estimate of when we should try and be in the court. I hope anyone who is able to take off a bit early that day comes out in solidarity with defense of the Constitution.

The Borough has no case, so the show of strength isn't really about helping or hurting the outcome of the event (and this will only be the first event as the sign law gets challenged straight into federal court) - but letting local authority know that they can't repeal our freedoms with local ordinances and have it go unnoticed is a separate and worthy goal in itself.