The Onion Writes Serious Supreme Court Brief, Which of Course Is Also a Hysterical Parody

thewrap.com:

America’s Finest News Source” on Monday filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court that was altogether serious in its support of a free-speech case before the panel, while also absurdly inside-out ridiculous in its parodic delivery.And it might be the funniest thing The Onion has written in a long, long time.The document backs the plaintiff in Novak v.

City of Parma, the Ohio town where Anthony Novak created a Facebook page to parody the local police department’s. His Onion-like brand of over-the-top satire wasn’t appreciated by said police officers, who 12 hours later arrested him and searched his apartment.Novak was acquitted of wrongdoing by a jury and sued the police department and city.

The case made it to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a lower court’s dismissal ruling that Novak failed to prove police violated his First Amendment rights.

Legal experts say differing rulings on similar cases make this ripe for the Supreme Court to take up Novak vs. City of Parma.Now comes The Onion, self-described in its Monday filing as “the world’s leading news publication, offering highly acclaimed, universally revered coverage of breaking national, international, and local news events.