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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy09w80 wrote

Reply to comment by randomFrenchDeadbeat in Pointing out spelling mistake leads to contempt conviction for Fiji lawyer by Mamacrass

Yes it is. Mocking the court for the court's mistake is very much free speech in the U.S. The government, in the form of the court punishing the mocking party, would very quickly find itself on the wrong side of a ACLU lawsuit for infringing upon free speech.

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_iy2ogp8 wrote

No, and you are wrong, proof here :

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/court/lautoka-lawyer-convicted-of-contempt-of-court/

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy2p3qj wrote

> This is in relation to a committal proceeding filed against him by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

Mmmmh, yes, we sure do have a Prime Minister here in the United States.

In case this poster deletes his post full'o ignorance, here it is, in full:

> [–]randomFrenchDeadbeat [score hidden] 8 minutes ago 

> No, and you are wrong, proof here :

> https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/court/lautoka-lawyer-convicted-of-contempt-of-court/

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_iy2pytg wrote

lol

i didnt even check who I was talking to.

you manage to answer twice, and wonder why you got the same answer twice XD

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