[gdani]

Supreme Court, anyone?

[proxy_user]

"During the trial, U.S. District Judge Robert Jones had told the jury the posters and Web site should be considered threats if they could be taken as such by a "reasonable person."

Sorry, the last surviving reasonable person died of old age in 1986.

[moderation_is_not_a_bad_thing]

I'm curious; regardless of where you stand on abortion rights, does anyone think that the Nuremberg Files website was supporting violence against abortion providers, and do you think that violence is an appropriate tactic?

[gdani]

Breakdown of judges for this decision and appointments:

Majority

Rymer - Bush
Schroedor - Carter
Hawkins - Clinton
Silverman - Clinton
Wardlaw - Clinton
Rawlinson - Clinton

Dissent

Reinhardt - Carter
Kozinski - Reagan
Kleinfeld - Bush
Belzon - Clinton
O'Scannlan - Reagan

[HiTech RedNeck]

Jones also had instructed the jury to consider the history of violence in the anti-abortion movement, including the slayings of Slepian and two other doctors whose names had appeared on the list.

Neglecting to mention that (1) No killer has been convicted in the Slepian case; (2) History shows that it is much more likely that an abortionist will get struck by lightning than 'executed'.

[Campion]

Jones also had instructed the jury to consider the history of violence in the anti-abortion movement

See what I mean? You can now be prosecuted under federal law if people who agree with you commit violent acts. If that doesn't constitute prior restraint on free speech, I don't know what does.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Another biased,agenda driven judge basing a decision on"LEGAL NOTHINGNESS".SO WHAT if some "candyas*es"were intimidated!

[Recovering_Democrat]

Isn't the 9th court the one in San Francisco, the one also that SCOTUS overturns more than any other?

[MonroeDNA]

Supreme Court, anyone?

Count me in.

Will I know appear on a poster? My right side is best.

[vharlow]

Notice that they have decided that "intimidation" is illegal. How does that play with free speech guaranteed in the Constitution? Frankly, lots of people should be looking at suing Jesse Jackson and others like him for "intimidation" as they have been intimidating large corporations out of huge sums of money for a long time. Why, some could say they are intimidated by all those folk who shriek and shout down conservative speakers on college campuses these days....

Since when do wimps get to say those who use only words against them are breaking laws? All those kids calling names passing through the neighborhood today at one girl could all be lawbreakers? She was definitely "intimidated!"

This is really getting out of hand.