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Ohio judge says defendant has no right to mention Constitution during trial

Ohio judge says defendant has no right to mention Constitution during trial, laughs at concept of free speech by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer An independent journalist and local newspaper editor from central Ohio was laughed out of a Greene County courtroom recently after suggesting that talking to people on a public sidewalk constitutes free speech. Retired Judge Catherine (Kathryn) Barber, who was filling in for Xenia Municipal Judge Michael Murray, literally laughed at Virgil Vaduva from the Greene County Herald when he attempted to defend his First Amendment right to talk to people in public. The outrageous incident occurred… View Article