Oh — it’s not an election year. Never mind.

No Constitutional Right To Honk Your Car Horn, Court Says
Reason | April 17, 2023 | Elizabeth Nolan Brown

A federal appeals court says honking isn’t First Amendment–protected activity. There’s no constitutional right to honk your car horn, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

The case involves Susan Porter, who repeatedly honked her car horn while driving past protesters in California in 2017. A deputy with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office issued Porter a ticket, saying she had violated a state law against misuse of car horns.

California isn’t alone in restricting expressive honking. 

Remarks by President Biden After Air Force One Arrival

whitehouse.gov | April 15, 2023 | Dover Air Force Base

THE PRESIDENT? But all kidding aside, no, it’s just about making sure that the Good Friday Agreements and the (inaudible) Accord work.  And the gov- —

Look, this is such an opportunity.  It really is an incredible opportunity for the north, in terms of economic growth and economic prosperity.  And they have all the tools.  They have the universities.  They have the technicians.  They have a lot of — I mean, north and south.

So — well, thank you all very much.

Q    Any update on the debt ceiling?  Will you speak with Speaker McCarthy in the coming weeks on that?

THE PRESIDENT?  Of course I’ll speak to him.  Show me his budget.  That old expression — “show me your budget.”  You know, he — we agreed early on, I’d lay down a budget, which I did on March 9th, and he’d lay down a budget.  I don’t know what we’re negotiating if I don’t know what they want, what they’re going to do.

Thank you so very much.

We don’t ask why. We just build ’em.