[Poohbah]

If you're relying on a 9th Circuit decision to CYA...

Better get some SERIOUS insurance to deal with the inevitable reversal.

[jwalsh07]

You find those libelous statements yet Poo?

If not, try searching your own name, maybe a few will pop up there, eh?

[Torie]

Since the 9th circuit decision was from 1999, it presumably was not reversed by SCOTUS. I wonder if SCOTUS denied cert. I will look that up tomorrow. Probably it cert was not even sought. That is just how weak the Plaintiff's case was. The odds that the subject decision is bad law in the eyes of the current SCOTUS is close to nill. One area that both ends of the spectrum on SCOTUS are agreed, is that the 1st amendment is very robust, particularly in political debate, and trumps all else, and anything that circumsribes it (outside of campaign finance issues perhaps), is ipso facto on a presumptive shit list.