The Onion filed a 23-page Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.
The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed ain support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.
The court filing doesn't entirely keep a straight face, calling the federal judiciary"total Latin dorks." After being acquitted of criminal charges, the man sued the police for violating his constitutional rights. But a federal appeals court ruled the officers have"qualified immunity" and threw out the lawsuit.
But the Onion said Novak had no obligation to post a disclaimer."Put simply, for parody to work, it has to plausibly mimic the original," the Onion said, noting its own tendency to mimic"the dry tone of an Associated Press news story."
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