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NY Court: State law won't protect terror author from libel judgment
2007-12-24
Posted by:DepotGuy

#5  Now it goes to Federal Court (and not in the 9th circuit)
Posted by: mhw   2007-12-24 17:54  

#4  If the author has the goods on the guy, then go for the suit. The wild card here is the judge he would get, and that IS cause for the concern, with the level of 5th column types about.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-12-24 15:43  

#3  It will be interesting to see how the ACLU comes out on this because this is an issue thet drives right to the heart of the First Amendment. I doubt the Supremes will have difficulty with this.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-12-24 15:34  

#2  Yes, and this is an outrage. I suspect this will end up at the USSC, and I fear for the consequences.
Posted by: Steve White   2007-12-24 15:07  

#1  So England is the jurisdiction of choice for the aggrieved?
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-24 14:34  

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