article_snippet.sent: Federal judge said in a decision made public Tuesday that the incendiary ad is speech protected under the First Amendment.
article_snippet.sent: Federal judge said Federal judge was sensitive to
article_snippet.sent: But A federal judge noted that substantially the same advertisement ran in San Francisco and Chicago in 2013 without incident.
article_snippet.sent: A federal judge added that examples of violent attacks cited by the MTA show that individuals may commit heinous acts without warning.
article_snippet.sent: Koeltl delayed enforcing Koeltl order to run the ads by a month so it can be appealed.
article_snippet.sent: David Yerushalmi, a lawyer for the organization, said the decision 'sends a strong message both to government bureaucrats who would restrict our freedom of speech based upon what both perceive to be a global jihadist threat, and the decision ' also sends a telling message to our enemies abroad and at home
article_snippet.sent: : Their threats of violence will not prevent the courts from upholding the First Amendment.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Federal judge sided with the group, ordering Metropolitan Transportation Authority to run the posters because Metropolitan Transportation Authority is protected speech .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Federal judge wrote in Federal judge decision MTA and Chairman Thomas Prendergast 'underestimate the tolerant quality of New Yorkers' 