First Amendment, First Ashedmint

The traveling  "O.J. jury" lands in Minneapolis

A blogger named John Hoff, a.k.a. "Johnny Northside," wrote a scathing blog post about Jerry Moore He correctly cited Moore's involvement in a high-profile mortgage fraud The University of Minnesota, who had recently hired Moore, fired him the next day. Moore sues Hoff. His lawyer shyster claims "emotional distress"  due to "tortious interference" with employment. Did I say Moore was involved in mortgage fraud? The 7 member jury awarded the "community leader" $60,000. Did I say Moore actually, really was involved in mortgage fraud?

“ Jane Hartley's, a U of M professor of media law and ethics, called the lawsuit an example of "trash torts," in which someone unable to sue for libel, which by definition involves falsity, reaches for another legal claim. She predicted the verdict will be overturned. The verdict also surprised U of M law professor William McGeveran, but he wasn't so certain that it will be easily overturned. Appeals courts tend to give a lot of credence to jury verdicts, he said. Blogger Has To Pay In Libel Case... Despite Telling The Truth Jury: Blogger Johnny Northside must pay $60,000 to fired community leader I think it fair to say that the judge was a total asshat too.