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Right-Winger Sues Blogger And Wins Seeing
the forest Lee Kaplan writes at David Horowitz's far-right, anti-Muslim FrontPageMag.com. A college student set up the blog Lee Kaplan Watch to expose what the guy is writing. He was sued by Kaplan in small claims court for "business interference," and Kaplan won $7500. because it was small claims court the judge was not required to explain his decision. The blogger writes, I hope that sufficient attention is paid to the great danger that what
has happened to me poses to all of us. It is by all means a serious issue.
My first amendment rights have been subverted with support from the courts,
which only shows that everybody is in danger of facing these abusive small
claims court defamation suits. My speech has been punished by a ruling
with no opinion explaining why or advising me what not to do in the future.
My credibility has been tarnished by a trial with incredibly low standards
for admissible evidence and a messy, inconsistent court procedure. And,
for me, worst of all: I will never know what element of Kaplan's claim,
if any, the judge agreed with, though Kaplan will certainly continue to
claim that all of them were accepted, though he knows well that this is
not the case.
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