An Oklahoma judge decided Tuesday that doctors do not need to perform ultrasounds and offer women detailed information about the tests before performing abortions, striking down the strictest such law in the country. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki L. Robertson ruled that the 2008 law, which included other abortion-related provisions, violated a state constitutional provision…
Category: Court
Court offers guidelines on when to unmask anonymous posters
In the US, the right to free speech is construed as also protecting the anonymity of the person doing the speaking. Provided that the content, be it spoken or written, violates no laws, citizens have the right to fulminate in public fora without said public being aware of their identity. Courts have also extended this…
Model forces Google to reveal ‘skank’ blogger’s identity
A former Vogue Australia cover girl has won a landmark court battle to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” and an “old hag”. Model Liskula Cohen sued Google in January in the hope of forcing the company to reveal the person responsible for allegedly defamatory comments on a blog…
Retired Navy officer sentenced for invasion of privacy
He secretly videotaped his teenage stepdaughters in the bathroom, undressing and taking a shower and then made illegal videos. News stories on KHON2 and KITV report that in a Honolulu courtroom, Judge Michael Town sentenced Robert Thomas Franks to a year in prison under a relatively new law there, “invasion of privacy.” Franks must serve…