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minus-squareunwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoIt does set a potentially dangerous precedent, but with how things are going (American newspapers declining in quality and SCOTUS selectively ignoring precedent and doing whatever), you’re right that it doesn’t mean much.
minus-squareKayellinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoThat’s what’s so concerning about the case. The USA tried to persecute an Australian citizen working out of the EU for publishing information. As he is not a US citizen he was not able to use the X amendment to free speech.
It does set a potentially dangerous precedent, but with how things are going (American newspapers declining in quality and SCOTUS selectively ignoring precedent and doing whatever), you’re right that it doesn’t mean much.
That’s what’s so concerning about the case. The USA tried to persecute an Australian citizen working out of the EU for publishing information.
As he is not a US citizen he was not able to use the X amendment to free speech.