To: 2ndDivisionVet
“I will make you the laughing stock of the Senate if I don’t hear that this bill will be heard and passed,” the email said. “We will dig into your past, your family, your associates, and once we start on you there will be no end to it.”
Yep, that is a real threat, and it's personal. I received such a threat once, and am grateful I got the police involved. Sorry - but the court is right to rule that if it was sent by the accused, the sender acted criminally (and made a record of it.)
4 posted on
09/08/2013 5:23:48 PM PDT by
golux
To: golux
“We will dig into your past, your family, your associates, and once we start on you there will be no end to it.”
It’s OK if the government does it.
23 posted on
09/08/2013 5:57:28 PM PDT by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: golux
27 posted on
09/08/2013 6:08:37 PM PDT by
Roux
(Ignorance can be cured but stupid is forever.)
To: golux
Threatening to engage in legal activity is protected speech, especially in the case of a public figure. There is no actionable threat here.
To: golux
“I will make you the laughing stock of the Senate” is a threat, but only a political one, and is protected free speech. There is certainly no crime there.
30 posted on
09/08/2013 6:44:09 PM PDT by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: golux
What is he threatening to do that is illegal? Absent illegality, where is the tort?
33 posted on
09/08/2013 7:01:55 PM PDT by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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