Yesterday, I took Scott Johnson to task: after his prior three decades of supporting a free press and the right to dissent, he opined that Don Lemon (a journalist — who on video announced he was there to document — as a journalist)… is subject to prosecution under the criminal laws (passed by a MAGA Congress, during Tangerine 1.0) that purport to strip away first amendment rights from both the people — and journalists.

Of course, those laws, and the so-called the FACE Act, hasn’t yet been tested at the United States Supreme Court. But it will fail.

The claim is that the government can make it a crime to disrupt a house of worship. [But obviously, the MAGAts only mean Christian houses of worship because regularly ICE has been disrupting Muslim gatherings, and Buddhist gatherings. The law is unconstitutional on its face.]

In any event, the Supremes will ultimately rule that this law is unconstitutional, when applied to someone like Don Lemon.

So today, Scott Johnson offers this “cleanup” — that if it relates to national security, the government has the right to prosecute the disruptor:

…It is thus clear that Congress has addressed itself to the problems of protecting the security of the country and the national defense from unauthorized disclosure of potentially damaging information….

Again (obviously) shouting in a church about a chaplain who is pro ICE and works for them during the week — but holds worship services on Sunday in that church, may be rude… but it is not in any sense “a matter of national security”. Nor will it ever be a crime.

So again, Scott errs, but at least he acknowledges that we the people have the right to assemble publicly and even to be boisterous — inside a church.

Don Lemon’s “indictment” will be flushed — within weeks, and he will get his lawyers’ fees — paid by the US government.

Bank on that, Scott. Out.