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Glad he was found not guilty. Charging someone with a felony for attempting to report on this seems dystopian to me; if the state is so clearly in the hands of large corporations, something needs to change.
Hey does this mean that any automated drone in North Dakota ... say, an Amazon drone... does that mean that Jeff Bezos can then be accused for reckless endangerment and sent to seven years in prison?
Well the drone doesn't belong to Jeff Bezos the individual but to Amazon the corporation, fines and punishments for breaking the law aren't computed and applied in the same way.
There needs to be anti-SLAPP laws enforceable against selective law enforcement agencies.
Which number amendment is the one enshrining "Freedom of the press"?
I think it's importance is directly related to its place as it's listed in the Bill of Rights.
Freedom of the press doesn't exist anymore. It's been subsumed by freedom of speech.