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From: glr@ripco.com (Glen L. Roberts)
Subject: Re: Censorship Threat Help Needed
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crb@glue.umd.edu (Christopher R. Bowman) wrote:

>In article <31CC5AE0.301@POP3.concentric.net>, John Hendricks
><NancyLD@POP3.concentric.net> wrote:

>> [ other stuff deleted]
>>
>> Third, Countersue... They are infringing upon your First Amendment 
>> rights, as well as the rights of all citizens to hear what you have to 
>> say. Especially in a situation where they have been found guilty of wrong 
>> doing, fined by the SEC or a court, and it has already been reported in 
>> the Mass Media. Exhibit the appropriate news articles before the judge 
>> and their attorneys, then ask them why they do not sue the Wall Street 
>> Journal or Barrons (where-ever the articles were published). 

>Companies don't infringe First Amendment rights.  The US constitution
>speaks only to the behavior of the US Federal government and as the courts
>have applied it, to the states.  The First Amendment being incorporated
>into the constitution throught the Bill of Right, thus projects you only
>from GOVERNMENT attempts to stifle your expression of ideas.

What about the federal civil rights statutes (criminal and civil)
that make it an offense for private individuals to conspire to
deprive someone of their consitutional (or other) rights?

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>Christopher R. Bowman
>crb@eng.umd.edu
><A HREF="http://www.glue.umd.edu/~crb">My home page</A>

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