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2015-07-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

A salvo of nine more Planned Parenthood undercover videos arriving soon.

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS all say, "What videos?"

Posted by Whonter Darling of the Bunions4601 2015-07-30 00:43|| 2015-07-30 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 What's it matter? McConjob reauthorized funding - might as well give the whole fucking Congress back to the Dems and just bankrupt our asses.

Posted by Raj 2015-07-30 01:02|| 2015-07-30 01:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Lawfare. This should be interesting.

It isn't, it's a prior restraint on speech and pretty much unquestionably unconstitutional. Dumb ruling. Then again this is the same court in which we used to deal with a judge who was (in)famous for being asleep more often than awake while on the bench.

The truth will become known.

But will anything change and if so will the change be sustained? That pretty clearly wouldn't be the way to bet.

Posted by Hupavish Jusorong3653 2015-07-30 01:10|| 2015-07-30 01:10|| Front Page Top

#4 It will come down to being recorded in a public restaurant where you have no expectation of privacy = release the vids (or just claim you were hacked and flood the net with them)

Posted by Frank G 2015-07-30 08:53|| 2015-07-30 08:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Read this morning that some judge has issued a temporary restraining order against further release of these vids. I do not understand the grounds for issuing such a restraining order. Here. The restraining order was issued in LA, California. It wouldn't seem that it would apply to other jurisdictions outside the state.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-07-30 10:40|| 2015-07-30 10:40|| Front Page Top

#6 The basis is almost certainly CA state law that makes illegal recording of any conversation during which one of the recorded parties reasonably believed the conversation to be private.

CMP appears to be headquartered in Irvine, CA so, even though Irvine is not in LA County, it's clear that the court had jurisdiction (and even if CMP were headquartered anywhere else on Earth CA's long-arm statute would dragoon them into a forum of the plaintiff's choosing).

CMP can be morally correct and criminally liable, those aren't mutually exclusive.

Posted by Hupavish Jusorong3653 2015-07-30 11:32|| 2015-07-30 11:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Fellow poster Blossom Unains5562 posted an article that says an LA Court has issued a temporary restraining order against the showing of these videos. This is about to get very ugly.

Isn't that kinda like unconstitutional?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-07-30 12:37|| 2015-07-30 12:37|| Front Page Top

#8 The CA videos were taped in public restaurants, where one can't assume privacy.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-07-30 13:32|| 2015-07-30 13:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Unconstitutional? Depends on whose constitution you're talking about! The old, dead-white-guy one or the New Progressive Living Constitution.

Posted by Bobby 2015-07-30 13:50|| 2015-07-30 13:50|| Front Page Top

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