LOL. Yeah, good luck trying to make THAT ruling hold up to First Amendment scrutiny. Even the liberal justices on SCOTUS aren’t likely to buy that non-sensical crap.
Hell, this is one RARE issue on which members of DU, Free Republic, and the most boring “Moderates” can agree—there is no Constitutional reason to nullify such rights.
The New Jersey Boobs who came up with this wholly ignorant opinion (this wasn’t the Supreme Court of NJ, was it?) can shove it. Hard. And Deep.
The NJ Supreme Court is liberal, however this has nothing to do with Freedom of the Press or all the things being mentioned here. Let’s say I go on a message board, or even Free Republic, and tell the world you had an affair with Weiner. You sue me for libel and I raise NJ’s shield law stating I don’t have to show you my stinkin evidence. I get away with libel.
While the decision requires analysis, I initially support it. Message boards are not even online newspapers or anything like it. I am guessing the decision applies to message boards, not blogs or other news type sites. Also I believe this is based on a NJ Statutory shield law.