Posted on 10/14/2009 8:03:28 PM PDT by freespeechzones
I am a United States citizen on trial in Canada for exposing a situation at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario that threatened the lives and welfare of Canadians and Americans alike. My book “The Dunces of Doomsday,” published in the U.S. by Cumberland House, revealed potential terrorist threats from al-Qaeda affiliates at McMaster. The university is suing me for libel, demanding $4 million in punitive and aggregated damages.
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It’s very hard to feel sorry for journalists after watching them cheer leader last election for Mr “Citizen of the World”.
Want (some) protection from the US Constitution? Stay in the US.
In other countries, you're under their laws.
If you could bother to read the story, Dr. Williams in in PA.
That is, PA, USA.
No, I think he is a U.S. citizen who resides in the USA, and his book was written and published in the USA. The relevant quotes from the article:
"I am a United States citizen on trial in Canada..."
"What I wrote and said about McMaster from my home in Pennsylvania falls well within the standards of responsible journalism. Nevertheless, I have been dragged into court in Toronto..."
This begs the question: why did he even go to Canada for the trial?? I would think that as long as he stayed away from Canada, he should be OK. It worked for Roman Polanski anyway.
There are worse things that can happen to you than having to stay out of Canada for the rest of your life!!
Yeah, that was my thought as well.
Man, I am a slow poster. :)
Happens to many Americans who run afoul of Mexico’s not guns, no ammo laws. Even if you accidentally enter the country (i.e. take a wrong turn down a one way bridge to Mexico and all you want to do is turn around and go back to the US) with even a single round of ammo in your vehicle, they will lock you up and then your 2A rights are taken away from you here.
Word to the wise, if you find yourself taking a wrong turn down a one way bridge into Mexico and you have even one round of ammo in you vehicle, turn around in the middle of the freaking bridge and go backwards back into the US.
Such an agreement would have to exist in order for contract law to be enforced, payment for work done collected, etc.
Otherwise, commerce between the two would be only cash in advance or letter of credit as is the case when dealing with China, Indonesia, etc.
In that case, not appearing in court guarantees the court will find against you and the reciprocal agreement will enforce collection.
US citizens are not bound to any treaty or international agreement that takes away an individual’s constitutional rights.
US courts have long held this position. If foreign courts could sue US citizens for slights against foreign laws, George Bush would spend the rest of his days appearing in foreign courts to defend himself.
This fellow needs to ignore any court from Canada. It has no jurisdiction here. And it especially can’t sue a US citizen for exercising his 1st amendment right in America. He was a fool for answering the Canadian court.
If you want to read the cites, I’ll look them up for you later.
You sound like you know what you are talking about, so don’t bother with the cites.
However I am surprised that there is no means of enforcing contract law considering the huge amount of commerce between Canada and the US and I assumed the existence of a means of enforcing contract law would have made other civil actions possible.
But I stand corrected.
Thank you.
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