Boston.com – January 18, 2007 via Overlawyered.com:

A retired French professor sent dog feces to her congresswoman’s office after becoming angry with receiving too many mailings — and her lawyer says she had a constitutional right to do it.

Kathleen Ensz faces a misdemeanor charge of “use of a noxious substance” after taking dog feces from her backyard, wrapping it in a political mailer from Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, and leaving the putrid package at the Republican’s office, according to court documents.

Ensz, a Democrat, was angered by repeatedly receiving mailings from Musgrave. Her lawyer calls the poo delivery a form of free expression, protected by the First Amendment.

Patricia Bangert, one of Ensz’s attorneys, admitted the act was “probably crude and boorish” but all the same likened it to a form of political protest such as Thomas Jefferson’s criticism of the King of England. At a hearing Tuesday, she also cited Mr. Hankey, an animated, talking piece of human excrement depicted on “South Park,” as evidence that it is commonplace to use feces to express disdain.