The judge acknowledged that comedians — even really, really bad ones — deserve to have their freedom of expression protected.
“Artistic and comedic expression may be entitled to protection even when in poor taste, when it is a failed joke, or when the expression makes readers or listeners uncomfortable or wounds their feelings,” the decision reads.
But Sigurdson went on to say that the code “minimally impairs a person’s freedom of expression. It does not restrict speech generally, or artistic or comedic speech generally.”
