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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (3183)	7/8/1999 10:58:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (3) of 3795

We had held, at one time, that 'free speech' or 'protected speech' was rather important. When our forefathers got together and drafted that 'Constitution thingie', free speech wa You are another one with that delusion. The first Amendment ONLY limits what the government may do. On private property, the owner can place any limits he or she wants to on speech. Business Wire, as a private company, can place any limits on speech they choose without affecting the First Amendment at all. oesn't it seem that an attorney should bear some responsibility if he's going to write up a complaint, submit it to the Court, and contrive the legal wranglings in a case unlikely to prevail anyway? Is there not some 'ethical rule' which says that he should have just 'bagged' it, since the merits of said case were indeed dubious (that is, the point of 'liklihood of success', under SLAPP law)? If the case was indeed frivolous, the attorney can indeed be held liable. But very few cases are really frivolous. After all, judges are also lawyers, and they don't want to shit in the pool they will be back in if the electorate turns them out of office.

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