![]() ![]() It is pretty funny to read however - to see almost every single topic turn into something about me is a hoot. This morning I read the Trog Blog and there is simply no control to it. We will be taking down the local bloggers section and replacing it with some other kind of who knows what. You will see a change on our front page Tuesday by noon. The Supreme Court’s ruling protects the bloggers’ anonymity while the court considers further arguments. Today’s ruling was the latest in a suit in which Klein alleges that the bloggers have defamed him by, among other things, a parody of Dog Fancy magazine in which he was depicted under the caption, “Fat Men Who Love Their Dogs Too Much,” according to papers filed in the case. “And I can’t think of anyone in southeast Texas who deserves to be made fun of more than Philip Klein,” Dorrell added. “Satirical parody can be harsh, but if Saturday Night Live got sued every time it made fun of Sarah Palin or Barack Obama, television would be a pretty barren source of amusement,” said Dorrell. Klein’s suit also alleges that Google is in a “conspiracy” with the bloggers to defame him. Klein argued that websites and content were “pure defamation” and not entitled to constitutional protection. “This is an American tradition that goes all the way back to Benjamin Franklin writing commentary pretending to be an elderly widow named Silence Dogood,” Dorrell said. “We are pleased that the Supreme Court recognizes the important First Amendment right to criticize public figures anonymously,” said Houston constitutional law attorney Jeffrey L. ![]() The high court’s order trumps the April 29, 2010, ruling by Beaumont’s Ninth Court of Appeals, which had denied the bloggers’ request for a stay, and prevents Judge Floyd’s order from being enforced. ![]() On June 4, 2010, the Texas Supreme Court issued a highly unusual emergency stay in a case in which Beaumont trial judge Donald Floyd of the 172nd District Court had ordered internet search giant Google to reveal the identities of two anonymous bloggers whose websites criticize notorious east Texas public figure Philip R. Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay in Beaumont Blogger Case ![]()
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