Attorneys for a neo-Nazi web publisher are claiming that their client’s alleged intimidation and harassment of a Jewish real estate agent is protected by the First Amendment. The publisher Andrew Anglin launched an internet trolling attack that resulted in hundreds of phone calls, text messages and e-mail attacks of Tanya Gersh and her family. (Courthouse News Service, April 3, 2018, by David Reese)
The attorneys claimed Anglin was engaging in political speech and in encouraging the trolling, he was only posting widely available information about Gersh. The case may hinge on interpretations of a 1982 Supreme Court decision that said someone could be held responsible for the illegal conduct of others if the person “authorized, directed, or ratified” certain unlawful activity. (The Missoulian, April 3, 2018, by Dillon Kato)