One Squishy Supreme Court Justice Isn't Sure You Have the Right to Burn A Koran

We've been told that the Ground Zero mosque developers have the right to build the controversial site because the First Amendment protects them.  We've also been told that the nutty Florida pastor has the same First Amendment right to burn a Koran if he wants to.

Well, maybe not.  Oh, the Ground Zero mosque will still be protected, but Justice Stephen Breyer has his doubts about Koran burning.  From George Stephanopoulos:

Last week we saw a Florida Pastor – with 30 members in his church – threaten to burn Korans which lead to riots and killings in Afghanistan. We also saw Democrats and Republicans alike assume that Pastor Jones had a Constitutional right to burn those Korans. But Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told me on “GMA” that he’s not prepared to conclude that — in the internet age — the First Amendment condones Koran burning.

“Holmes said it doesn’t mean you can shout ‘fire’ in a crowded theater,” Breyer told me. “Well, what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is the crowded theater today? What is the being trampled to death?”

If the new standard for First Amendment protection is that nobody will riot or kill people if you do some particular act, then that opens the door to stop any activity you don't like by simply threatening to riot or kill somebody.

This is why squishy Supreme Court judges are so dangerous. Rights become subject to veto by angry mobs.