First Amendment

ZDNet is reporting that District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White has unmuzzled Weakileaks.org as the case proceeds. Next up is a hearing scheduled for March 14 May 16, 2008 at 9:00am¹:

During today's hearing a very wise judge fired a verbal warning shot—coercive models of governance have limitations:

"We live in an age when people can do some good things and people can do some terrible things without accountability necessarily in a court of law,"--District Court Judge, Jeffrey S. White--

Wonder what is required to ensure our next generation non-coercive models maximize "good things" and minimize "terrible things"? Acknowledging and accepting the limitation of the old models seems like a great beginning...

Res:

• Google News, WikiLeaks

• Justia Docket, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. et al v. Wikileaks et al

  • The declaration (item 90) of Daniel Mathews is breathtaking in describing the looting by Kenya's corrupt thug president Daniel Arp Moi.

    Maybe this is one of the "terrible things", without accountability necessarily in a court of law, that Judge White refers to?

Web:

• Federal judge lifts order against Wikileaks whistle-blower Web site
• Judge Says Wikileaks Site Can Have Its Web Address Back
• Judge Allows Wikileaks Site to Re-Open

-----notes-----

1. The Court's order of February 29, 2008 sets a hearing date and time of May 16, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. for all pending motions to dismiss or to intervene and any further motions to dismiss. This order may subsume the March 14, 2008 at 9:00am date and time. However, as of this posting Judge White's calendar has POGO's (Project on Government Oversight) intervener motion scheduled for March 14, 2008 at 9:00am. (recheck the calendar as the dates approach)

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