Comments on: May 7 roundup

By: Member of Congress defends speech-ban bill

Member of Congress defends speech-ban bill — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:46:48 +0000

[...] Although the proposed Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act would criminalize a wide range of online speech that leads to emotional distress, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) says we should rest assured that judges in their discretion will apply it only to nasties who are bothering our children — except that the bill is in no way limited to that type of speech. Eugene Volokh dissects (earlier here and here). [...]

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:30:17 +0000

1-800-LAWYERS

Bushwa, Bounder and Sleeze, LLC?

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:34:58 +0000

Throw bloggers in prison because their posts cause emotional distress? Vonnegut’s Bergeron wasn’t so far fetched, after all.