'Rich white boy with nothing to do' back before Supreme Court arguing for free speech

WASHINGTON — This is a story about a man, his floating home and his penchant for hauling public officials before the Supreme Court.

Fane Lozman has performed this latter feat not once, but twice — the equivalent of 30 minutes of fame, rather than a mere 15. While his targets are the same political leaders of Riviera Beach, Fla., with whom he has tangled since 2006, his weapon of choice has morphed from maritime law to the Constitution.

Lozman will be back inside the high court Tuesday, five years after winning a legal battle over a floating home — please don't call it a houseboat — that had the justices ruminating about inner tubes, wooden washtubs and plastic dishpans. They ruled the city had no right to call it a vessel, thereby to seize and destroy it. Chief Justice John Roberts later called Lozman v. Riviera Beach his favorite case of the 2012 term.


Source : usatoday