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Sonia Sotomayor Ruled Against a Blogger
NetRight Nation ^ | May 28, 2009 | Adam Bitely

Posted on 05/28/2009 11:08:29 AM PDT by NetRight Nation

Look's like Obama's new pick has some history in ruling against freedom of speech on blogs.

This gem comes from NBC:

President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill a Supreme Court vacancy has yet another tie to Connecticut. She sided against a student in the infamous “douche bag” case, and that has upset some free-speech advocates.

Sotomayor joined two other judges from the 2nd Circuit in ruling that the student’s off-campus blog remarks created a “foreseeable risk of substantial disruption” at the student’s high school and that the teenager was not entitled to a preliminary injunction reversing a disciplinary action against her, Education Week reports.

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TOPICS: Education; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogging; freedomofspeech; scotus; soniasotomayor

1 posted on 05/28/2009 11:08:29 AM PDT by NetRight Nation
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To: NetRight Nation

Sotomayor is a Commie. Nough said.


2 posted on 05/28/2009 11:12:28 AM PDT by Palladin (Obama hates unborn babies.)
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To: NetRight Nation

“and that has upset some free-speech advocates”.

...as opposed to the NO free speech advocates. Pathetic.


3 posted on 05/28/2009 11:16:58 AM PDT by albie
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To: Palladin

“douche bag”

...funny. That’s exactly what I’d describe Sotomayor as.


4 posted on 05/28/2009 11:18:13 AM PDT by albie
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To: NetRight Nation

Isn't that special! Could it be Satan!!

5 posted on 05/28/2009 11:19:18 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: NetRight Nation

She also thinks we don’t have a constitutional right to own guns.


6 posted on 05/28/2009 11:25:18 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: NetRight Nation
Quoting from one of the comments in the article:

"I just found out that Sotomayor is a member of the National Council of La Raza. WAKE UP!"

I have not verified this - maybe a FR has the proof?

7 posted on 05/28/2009 11:26:03 AM PDT by LADY J
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To: NetRight Nation

so she is not a big fan of free speech


8 posted on 05/28/2009 11:27:13 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now, NOW)
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To: NetRight Nation

is this our cue to start mailing douche bags to the Dirksen Senate Office Building?


9 posted on 05/28/2009 11:59:49 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: NetRight Nation

Yes yes. What’s new?

Scratch a liberal, fins a fascist.


10 posted on 05/28/2009 12:02:21 PM PDT by Seruzawa (Obamalama lied, the republic died.)
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To: truthandlife

ROFLMAO - thanks i needed that -— ahhahahaha


11 posted on 05/28/2009 12:07:32 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Lewis Black’s usage of the word “skewed” comes to mind


12 posted on 05/28/2009 12:08:20 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
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To: GeronL

not so fast. This involved a school and frankly, I don’t think students should be allowed to trash their teachers and principals on public forums as this girl did.


13 posted on 05/28/2009 12:13:27 PM PDT by prplhze2000
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To: prplhze2000

there are a lot of rate my teacher/professor sites online

she has some free speech too, she can give her opinion, it should be up to her parents whether to take her off the pooter for a while as punishment


14 posted on 05/28/2009 12:19:11 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now, NOW)
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To: prplhze2000

The constitution disagrees.


15 posted on 05/28/2009 12:32:58 PM PDT by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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