1ST AMENDMENT UNDER FIRE
Blast a politician? It could mean jail
Obama judge's ruling says defamation claim lurks for those criticizing ballot candidates
Posted: August 01, 2011
9:11 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND
© 2011 WND
 Judge Timothy S. Black |
A federal judge who owes his lifetime appointment to Barack Obama today concluded that a pro-life organization whose leaders criticized a politician for supporting Obamacare for funding abortions just might be guilty of defamation – and possibly worthy of jail time.
The ruling comes from Judge Timothy S. Black in Cincinnati, who refused to dismiss a case brought by former U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus against the Susan B. Anthony List organization, which had criticized the congressman's vote for Obamacare.
The judge, who cited Google as a source for one footnote of his ruling, said, "Upon a careful review of both of the [Congressional Research Service] memoranda cited by the parties, this court fails to identify any affirmative statement that the PPACA [Obamacare] includes taxpayer funded abortion."
