Comments on: Feds Threaten Blogger

By: ParatrooperJJ

ParatrooperJJ — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:31:53 +0000

It pretty much follows federal court rulings on the anti abortion groups posting doctors home addresses and photos. I believe it would be upheld onder extremely limited circumstances sush as crosshairs superimposed over his head or somthing along those lines.

By: Captain Holly

Captain Holly — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:49:23 +0000

It appears there are plenty of Feds who still don’t understand how this newfangled internet thingy works.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:06:00 +0000

I was pleasantly unaware of this restraint on free speech statute that was passed last year.

I hope that someone is prosecuted, so a Federal District Court can decide its (un)Constitutionality.

If you ignore the 2A, it follows that ignoring the 1A should also come easily.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:06:38 +0000

And yes, what the marshall did was intimidation, pure and simple.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:05:33 +0000

Ditto what Sebastion says. There was a case some months (year or two?) back where a doctor was “anonymously” blogging his malpractice trial, and his attorneys didn’t know. The Doc had made some disparaging comments about various participants in the trial. Things didn’t go well for him on once the opposing side found out during the trial. I believe an unfavorable to him settlement ensued. And I expect every trial lawyer now has a “no blogging” rule for his clients.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:11:05 +0000

It’s probably best to keep quiet during the trial. I would imagine his attorneys have probably advised him to do that rather than the feds issuing a threat. Ryan doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who’s easily intimidated.