Re: Petition to the IESG for a PR-action against Jefsey Morfin posted

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin at law.miami.edu>]

</legal lurk>

No first amendment issues are implicated here.  The first amendment only 
protects US persons (citizens & residents) against actions by the US 
government.  Both sides of that equation are absent here.

This is private action against a private party.  It may implicate the 
moral principles of freedom of expression but these are not ordinarily 
actionable either in the US or elsewhere.  YMMV of course.

Please note that this comment expresses no opinion on the merits of the 
ban.

<legal lurk>

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 Julien.Maisonneuve at alcatel.com wrote:

[much edited]

> Note that the whole issue of list ban is treading on first amendment grounds 
> in a way that could end up in court.

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