Are Bloggers (& Comments) Due 1st Amendment Protections?
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... court seemed to have some fun with this, with justices leery of drawing any bright lines. Justice Gary Hicks: “But the information is newsworthy; people want to know about trends in the mortgage industry, and secondary markets, credit-default swaps.” Justice James Duggan: “So they print rumors, right? So does the national enquirer, and that’s a newspaper.” “It’s a newspaper.” “Not...


