Who Needs the Constitution? Obama Lawyers Now Working to Deny Wash. Redskins Their Trademarked Name

by Warner Todd Huston | March 24, 2015 4:15 pm

Obama is now sending his lawyers out to try and destroy the NFL’s Washington Redskins by forcing the courts to deny the team a trademark status for its name. If Obama is successful, the team will lose millions of dollars in revenue.

Obama uses the presidency like a weapon aimed squarely at America and everything it stands for. This is just more evidence[1] of that.

The Washington Redskins’ name is commercial speech and isn’t the kind of free expression protected by the First Amendment, the Obama administration told a federal court this week in defending a ruling that has stripped the football team of trademark protections.

The team’s name itself is not at stake, but if the trademark is canceled the name becomes less valuable because the owners would struggle to enforce their trademark against anyone who wanted to use the name or Indian logo on their own merchandise.

In a filing Monday, the Justice Department defended the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s decision last year to strip the team of protections.

“Not only do trademarks function only minimally as a vehicle for expression, but trademark registration also involves the necessary participation of the government in approving that registration, which confers relaxed First Amendment review even when combined with the speech of a private party,” the Obama lawyers said.

Once again we see that this lawless president feels that his position should be used like a weapon against the America he so hates.

Endnotes:
  1. This is just more evidence: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/24/obama-lawyers-fight-stop-redskins-trademark/#.VRGOhQFqmVU.twitter#ixzz3VKKXUyGN

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