Kudos To Bill O’Reilly

H/T to Hot Air for noting that Bill O’Reilly will cover the legal fees the Fourth Circuit Court has applied to the Snyder family. (This is the family that is going to the Supreme Court over whether the Westboro Whackos have the freedom of speech to say the Snyders’ Marine son died because America supports gays.) The court said the Snyder family would have to pay the Westboro’s legal fees, but the brief they wrote, and the lack of explanation therein of subsidiary questions and issues, is rather odd. Take a look at the link above for an explanation of why and how. Additionally, there is a link to a website for donations to help the Snyders pay their court costs.

I think it’s great that O’Relly is covering the cost of the family’s expenses, to the tune of over $16,000- whatever you want to say about the guy, he’s well-intentioned and when he supports you he does so by jumping in with both feet. Unfortunately for his view on the matter (that the Westboros should be arrested), as AllahPundit notes, the Snyder family will probably lose the case. That’s the price of free speech, even for the despicable Westboro family.

Of course, there is an argument that a) funeral plots are private property, and b) the funeral plots the Westboro family stands on and near are also private. I suppose it depends on the situation, though- the Snyder funeral had 1,500 people in it, according to NewsMax, and so the Westboros might have been standing on the sidewalk or something.