Do you recall how you guys (well, not so much "you guys", as it was the Supreme peeps before you) have carved out an exception to the First Amendment for not yelling fire in a crowded theatre? Any chance you could find a way to expand that exception to free speech to include whatever it is that the inbred misguided holier-than-thou uber-creepy publicity-whores who comprise the Westboro Church Klan have to say -- especially at funerals of fallen soldier or tiny children? If I understand it right, the exception is based on a "clear and present danger" analysis, and I have to tell you that every time those freaks show up, the whole nation is at risk of hellfire and brimstone being rained down upon them (and anyone innocent nearby, as I believe that hellfire and brimstone casts a wide net) for how they have bastardized God's message, in case you need a reason to strike down their protests.
And then, maybe we can start to look at the next sequential amendment, as there are some reasonable exceptions that we might need your help to create there as well. But that's a battle for another day ... one amendment at a time here ...
EXCEPTIONS ARE RARE AND NOT THE NORM:
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/not-many-exceptions-to-free-speech-guarantee
SOMEONE'S FIGURED OUT HOW TO STOP THEM:
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/a-simple-way-to-stop-westboro-baptist-church-funeral-protesters
FIRST AMENDMENT EXCEPTION FLASH CARDS:
http://quizlet.com/9921746/first-amendment-exceptions-flash-cards/
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