• Home
  • Author
  • Reviews
  • Hooper’s War
  • Tom Joad
  • We Meant Well
  • Visuals
  • Contact
  • Vindictive Prosecution

    August 31, 2011

    Tags: blog, blogger, First Amendment, State Department, Vindictive Prosecution
    Posted in: Embassy/State, Iraq

    “It is impermissible,” the Judge told the courtroom, “for the U.S. Government to prosecute differently on the basis of the content of First Amendment speech.”

    A Department of Justice memorandum from its procedure manual for DOJ attorneys describes the standard in court “to establish a prima facie case of vindictive prosecution,” stating, “[A] defendant must make a ‘showing that charges of increased severity were filed because the accused exercised a statutory, procedural, or constitutional right in circumstances that give rise to an appearance of vindictiveness.'”

    Hmmm… could this apply to the way the State Department treats its bloggers? Stay tuned.



    Related Articles:

    • Want War with China? You Can Help!
    • Requiem: Is This the Last 9/11 Article?
    • In Search of Biden’s Foreign Policy
    • The Last Question About 9/11
    • The Worst Day of the Afghan War
    • Special Immigrant Visas (SIV): A Brief, Sad History
    • Afghanistan Mon Amour




    Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved. The views expressed here are solely those of the author(s) in their private capacity.

  • Leave A Comment

    Mail (will not be published) (required)

Buy Peter’s Books on Amazon!


We Meant Well


Hooper's War



Recent Posts

  • Who Else Is Wrongly Detained?
  • Marbury v. Madison v. Joe Biden v. Abortion
  • Pelosi and China and Taiwan; Is the Domestic Political Juice Worth the Foreign Policy Squeeze?
  • Negotiations Continue on Guns and Abortions
  • America is Full of Snot