Why Can't Obama Get An Injunction Against The Book?

Me.

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:28 PM
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Why Can't Obama Get An Injunction Against The Book?

Hold up the slander/lie filled screed, get it off the shelves. Then when he wins the lawsuit, donate all the money to charity. I hope the dems are not going to let the man who helped give us * & co. get away with this.

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Kutjara

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:32 PM
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1. He might think it'd do more harm than good.

If he gets an injunction, a book that was previously merely a piece of disposable, hate-filled, right wing trash will immediately become "The book Obama didn't want you to read! What else has he got to hide?!?!"

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blondeatlast

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:48 PM
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10. Exactly. nt

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onenote

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:35 PM
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2. First Amendment -- no prior restraints.

See Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931).

Also, Obama is a public figure and it is very difficult, under US law, for a public figure to prevail in a case alleging libel.

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mucifer

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:45 PM
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4. yeah bill oreilly looked like an idiot when he sued Al Franken. We don't need that.

Hopefully we can fight this in other ways. We need our own true books. Hopefully cnn will listen, but I doubt it.

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Me.

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:48 PM
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9. O'Lielly Didn't Need A Lawsuit To Make Hun Look Like An Idiot

Because, in fact, he is one

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blondeatlast

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:50 PM
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12. My librarian supervisor saw their famous row at the ALA convention.

She said Franken wiped his ass off the floor simply because he was witty and O'Lielly had no defense to that.

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Me.

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:45 PM
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5. If The Facts Are Wrong, As I Read

Doesn't that make the case?

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:45 PM
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3. Prior restraint. Would violate the First Amendment.

Theoretically, he could sue for defamation after the fact, but that's a tough claim if you are a public figure; you have to prove actual malice (publishing something defamatory you know to be false). Although in the case of that douche Corsi, there probably was actual malice.

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anonymous171

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:46 PM
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6. We just need to get dirt on the author and discredit him.

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Peacetrain

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Wed Aug-13-08 07:42 PM
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19. Absolutely the solution!.

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grasswire

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:47 PM
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7. what book?

you might want to mention that

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ben_meyers

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:47 PM
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8. 1st amendment maybe? Prior restraint? What law should

he use?

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eshfemme

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:48 PM
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11. Libel is harder to prove against a public figure in the US.

Plus, in politics where perception is everything, suing the guy just gives the freepers way too much ammo against Obama.

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cliffordu

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Wed Aug-13-08 05:50 PM
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13. Obama should read passages from the thing and laugh...then tear the pages

out of the book and say: "This is what the Republican attack machine is reduced to. Lies and smears, more of the same old same old. The American people are smarter than this."

(Even though they are probably not)

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CanonRay

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Wed Aug-13-08 06:01 PM
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14. That would just double or triple the news cycle

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Dreamer Tatum

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Wed Aug-13-08 07:25 PM
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15. Oh please dear? I'll have you know the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Aug-13-08 07:26 PM
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16. That would drive demand through the roof.

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TexasObserver

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Wed Aug-13-08 07:27 PM
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17. NO PRIOR RESTRAINT is why

Edited on Wed Aug-13-08 07:27 PM by TexasObserver

And even if he could, he wouldn't want to.

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Wed Aug-13-08 07:30 PM
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18. If he did that, or tried it, he's get the book a lot more publicity. Let it

die in the $1 bin at the Dollar Store. That's where it's headed.

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Thrill

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Wed Aug-13-08 07:50 PM
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20. It will just draw more attention to the book

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HEyHEY

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Wed Aug-13-08 09:35 PM
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21. Cause it's America... you know a FREE country

If Obama has issues with the book he'll sure.. that's that. Then he'll have to prove the guy lies or what not. That's how the system works.

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Doctor_J

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Wed Aug-13-08 09:38 PM
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22. If this were a McCain-bashing book, the author would end up like Hatfield

Who needs lawsuits when there's "suicide" and book-burning?

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Top Cat

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Wed Aug-13-08 09:41 PM
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23. Sometimes it's best to just ignore the lies

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Top Cat

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Wed Aug-13-08 09:41 PM
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24. Sometimes it's best to just ignore the lies

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