The Onion submitted a banger Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court in support of satire. An Amicus Brief is a brief by someone who isn't directly involved in the case but wishes to have their position heard and considered by the court.

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Americans can be put in jail for poking fun at the government? This was a surprise to America’s Finest News Source and an uncomfortable learning experience for its editorial team. Indeed, “Ohio Police Officers Arrest, Prosecute Man Who Made Fun of Them on Facebook” might sound like a headline ripped from the front pages of The Onion—albeit one that’s considerably less amusing because its subjects are real.

So, when The Onion learned about the Sixth Circuit’s ruling in this case, it became justifiably concerned.

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The Onion cannot stand idly by in the face of a ruling that threatens to disembowel a form of rhetoric that has existed for millennia, that is particularly potent in the realm of political debate, and that, purely incidentally, forms the basis of The Onion’s writers’ paychecks.