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SR Replies To Jacobson Brief

Earlier, I posted the response by Tina Jacobson's lawyers to the Spokesman-Review's motion to quash Jacobson's subpoena seeking identities for three anonymous HucksOnline commenters: almostinnocentbystander, Phaedrus & OutOfStateTater. The memorandum was issued last week while I was on vacation. The SR has responded to the memorandum today, stating that "there is no doubt that the First Amendment protects the right to speak anonymously" and providing case law. In their reply for the SR, Duane Swinton and Joel Hazel of Witherspoon Kelley state in part: "Fortunately the bluster" of the plaintiff in her motion to quash the supoena "does not override nor defeat the significant constitutional issues raised by the Spokesman-Review's Motion to Quash the subpoena served on it." Read reply for SR attorneys here.

Question: I wonder if the commenters on the other local blogs, despite their possible contempt for HucksOnline, understand how important our defense against Tina Jacobson is for them?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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