So this is actually a big deal.

[Andrew Jackson]

no give hoot

[Andrew Jackson]

and i give so many hoots about politics i give myself a hoot attack

[Daldolma]

Sigh. RC fail. The court isn't ordering him away from political affiliation. The court is offering him a conditional bail that restricts his communication with anarchist groups. He has absolutely no obligation to accept the offer. He is willingly choosing to cease communication with anarchist groups in order to get out of jail while awaiting trial.

[Knuckle]

this is a funny article

[Daldolma]

a) As per US law, it isn't indefinite.

b) There is a third choice. It involves not throwing a Molotov cocktail at a police car.

[Daldolma]

a) Indefinite detentions are unrelated to bail procedures in US criminal court. You don't get bail agreements in the midst of rendition.

b) His arrest was lawful and reasonable. He is not necessarily entitled to bail while awaiting trial. He was charged with a felony. Being charged with a felony is inconvenient. One should make an attempt to not be charged with a felony.

[Lexical]

He got off too easy. If he had done this in Texas, we would have strung his ass up. The man is a domestic terrorist and you are up in arms about him not being allowed to talk to his political party? There is injustice and that is the fact that this git is running around with both legs still working.

[Lexical]

You are right, but what I was alluding to is that he should have never gotten the choice in the first place.

[Lexical]

Okay then, why are you pissed off?

[Daldolma]

He's pissed because one of the conditions of his bail could be interpreted as some kind of infringement upon his freedom of association and/or political belief.

Never mind the fact that a) it requires an affirmative agreement that he has no obligation to accept, b) the court has no obligation to grant him bail at all, and c) release agreements regularly abridge basic civil rights. See: home arrest, tracking bracelets.