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Title: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: FarmerRick on September 24, 2010, 02:28:23 PM
http://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_35d41540-c7e8-11df-af86-001cc4c002e0.html (http://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_35d41540-c7e8-11df-af86-001cc4c002e0.html)

Nebraska Supreme Court backs sender of angry e-mails

Angry, profanity-laced e-mails sent to a professor by a college student are protected by the First Amendment, the Nebraska Supreme Court said in a ruling issued Friday.

Darren Drahota was convicted of disturbing the peace and fined $250 for e-mails he sent in 2006 to former University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science professor Bill Avery. At the time, Avery was running for a seat in the Nebraska Legislature, which he won, and Drahota was a UNL student. A California law professor who took Drahota's case to the state Supreme Court, Eugene Volokh, had argued that although Drahota's messages irritated Avery, their contents alone didn't merit a criminal accusation.

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More info at link provided

And for those that aren't familiar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Volokh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Volokh)
Title: Re: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: Dan W on September 24, 2010, 03:20:08 PM
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/LJUnaTIC/6fd58660-a97d-54ae-bbef-5fc7c449e99.jpg?t=1285359912)

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA  HA HA HA HA HA!
 
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/LJUnaTIC/nelson_ha_ha.jpg?t=1285359541)
Title: Re: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: FarmerRick on September 24, 2010, 06:58:32 PM
I thought you'd like that...  :angel1:
Title: Re: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: bullit on September 27, 2010, 02:44:51 PM
Don't agree with the student's behavior, but the "Elitists" are not entitled to special protections by the law.
Title: Re: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: Rich B on September 27, 2010, 08:18:37 PM
Quote from: bullit on September 27, 2010, 02:44:51 PM
Don't agree with the student's behavior, but the "Elitists" are not entitled to special protections by the law.

ITA. 
Title: Re: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: Roper on September 29, 2010, 01:13:08 PM
chalk one up for the good guys...
Title: Re: Court reverses Sen. Avery case
Post by: Dan W on September 29, 2010, 08:45:05 PM
Well, at least chalk one up for the first amendment