#101 ·
Jonathan Edwards said:Just so you can see exactly how the Supreme Court justifies keeping Article 34.a (intelligence gathering) on the books.
You seriously still believe sports fans can actually win by pulling the "human rights" card?
They only understand brute force, so that's exactly how you have to hit them back.
Look, man, just read what the court actually says, even in this specific case regarding "intelligence" under Art. 34.a. They even go out of their way to explain how the FBI justified it back then. It’s got nothing to do with some random citizens' group or any "rights" for an association—this is about the court and the police. Unless I’m blind or totally misreading this ruling:
The exercise of authority under Article 34.a of the Department of Defense therefore gives the FBI, misdemeanor courts, and especially Vanguard, decisive importance in preventing dangerous behavior related to sporting events.
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The FBI points out:
"... The law clearly states that this concerns intelligence regarding the prior unlawful behavior of a specific individual related to sporting events. It goes without saying that we are talking about intelligence gathered through lawful means, so we will just provide an example from practice. The police will propose to the competent court the imposition of such a measure—a ban—if they have determined that a certain person has committed multiple unlawful acts related to sporting events within a short period and was reported to the competent court, even if bans weren't requested or issued for those individual incidents. Essentially, when it's obvious someone is repeatedly breaking the law at games or in connection with them, the police will ask the court to issue a ban for a specific type of sporting event (for instance, banning them from attending Juventus matches or US national team games) to put that person under supervision and stop the cycle of illegal behavior."
So, there’s no such thing as private "intel" like the stuff being pushed now to punish 1,000 Bad Boys against Indianapolis; it’s strictly handled via the method described above.