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Hack Judge’s Order Lifted By Appeals Court

As expected, Judge Lister’s injunction against a campaign ad has been lifted by the Court of Appeals.  Here’s the key line:

In short, we are aware of no caselaw which permits prior restraint of speech before an adjudication on the merits of the defamatory nature of the statement at issue.

In other words, the judge pulled this one out of his butt to benefit his fellow Democratic hacks.  Unfortunately, Lister managed to quash the free speech rights of one side in a political contest for over two days right before an election.

Posted by Owen at 1428 hrs
Law + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

1. Milw JS headline:  “Appeals court stays ruling on ads”.

   I confess that I’m not a lawyer and I didn’t know what “stays ruling” meant.  Is this JS liberal slant or am I misjudging?  Does anyone else think that if it was a pro-Republican judge’s ruling overturned, the headline would read “Appeals court THROWS OUT ruling”?

   I may be wrong.  Just curious on others’ opinions.

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