Blogger Files Lawsuit Against KY Governor

Mark Nickolas of the Bluegrass Report has filed a federal lawsuit against the currently indicted Governor Ernie Fletcher.

http://www.bluegrassreport.org/...

**NICKOLAS VS. FLETCHER FILED** Federal 1st Amendment & Equal Protection Clause Lawsuit Filed Against Governor Fletcher, Secretary Rudolph, and Secretary Farris Regarding Censorship Of Political Speech

This afternoon, a federal lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky entitled Mark Nickolas v. Governor Ernie Fletcher, Secretary John Farris and Secretary Robbie Rudolph over the recent targeting and censorship of BluegrassReport.org. (click here to see verified complaint). The suit alleges that the administration's actions are an infringement of rights under the 1st Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.

•  Wonderful.

  Fletcher's actions have been criminal, and it is about time that someone took him down for his obvious abuses of power. If an indictment wasn't enough to scare him, (I'm sure Bush will add him to the rapidly expanding list of soon-to-be-pardoned), then we'll take him down one lawsuit at a time.

  Great news.

  by Yoss on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 01:39:31 PM PDT

  •  EF's going down n/t

    by dsolzman on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 02:17:03 PM PDT

•  You need an s on "file".

  by nu on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 01:43:03 PM PDT

  •  Thanks. n/a

    by patriot spear on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 01:49:01 PM PDT

•  Good for Mark. His site has been great

  for a long time (long time in blog life anyways).

  by Los Diablo on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 01:54:08 PM PDT

•  Critically important to draw a line in the sand

  . . . on this issue whenever it rears it's ugly head. I'm greatly relieved that Nickolas has dug in his heels over such an outrageous attack on free speech.

  by peraspera on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 02:15:28 PM PDT

•  my only question regards standing

  I'm not sure whether the blogger's the proper plaintiff here; it might be the government employee/potential reader who has suffered the concrete injury.  Hmm.

  by Adam B on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 03:31:51 PM PDT

•  Could this be the straw?

  that sends EF to prison? We can only hope so!

  by baracon on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 03:34:16 PM PDT