Sunday, March 23, 2014

14-03-23 Hello world!


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14-03-31 Hello world!

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14-03-31 Hello world!


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Saturday, March 22, 2014

14-03-31 ISRAEL: King Bibi I and Queen Sarah, another year, another episode...

It has become a routine.  Domestic employee of the royal couple ends employment with a lawsuit, revealing nothing less than a nuthouse in the official Prime Minister's residence.
Newspaper columnists hint it ain't even the tip of the iceberg...
The general pattern is of an unstable, abusive wife, with some borderline obsessions... E.g., imagining herself as living in the Elysee Palace;  huge sums spent on candles, which regardless of repeated criticisms, she insists on unlawfully charging to state budget - the place must look like part of a seance in the evenings... She controls access to her husband and other activities of his office.
A husband, who begs all those surrounding him to just do whatever it takes to prevent her from a violent eruption...
And this couple can drive the world to a nuclear disaster... jz
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Caretaker sues Israeli prime minister Netanyahu over wife's 'racist and physical abuse and humiliation'

  • Meni Naftali claims he was repeatedly subjected to abusive language
  • Seeking £110,000 in damages over claims against Sara Netanyahu
  • She 'called him at 3am to complain he'd bought milk in plastic bag'

A former caretaker for Benjamin Netanyahu is suing the Israeli Prime Minister over allegations that he was mistreated and verbally abused by the leader’s wife, it was revealed last night.
Meni Naftali - who is seeking around £110,000 in damages - claims he was repeatedly subjected to abusive language, including an ethnic slur, by Sara Netanyahu during his 20 months on the job.
In one instance, Mr Naftali said that Mrs Netanyahu called him at 3am to complain that he had bought milk in a plastic storage bag instead of a carton, according to the lawsuit.
Couple: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to his wife Sara during a meeting last December
Couple: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to his wife Sara during a meeting last December
In another, Mr Naftali claimed that she chastised him because some flowers in a vase were a day old, comparing the residence to the French presidential palace.
‘She flung [the flowers] to the floor, as she yelled at Mr Naftali - calling him “a bad housekeeper”, and that something like that would never occur in the “Elysee Palace”,’ the lawsuit says.
 
Mr Naftali also claimed that Mrs Netanyahu derided his ethnicity when he ordered food for them in a hotel, implying that his Middle Eastern background was somehow uncouth.
She allegedly told him: ‘We are Europeans. We are refined, we don't eat as much as you Moroccans... You are fattening us and then when we are photographed abroad, we look fat.’
Lawsuit: The former caretaker claimed that Mrs Netanyahu (right, with her husband) derided his ethnicity when he ordered food for them in a hotel, implying that his Middle Eastern background was somehow uncouth
Lawsuit: The former caretaker claimed that Mrs Netanyahu (right, with her husband) derided his ethnicity when he ordered food for them in a hotel, implying that his Middle Eastern background was somehow uncouth
Mr Naftali also claimed that Mrs Netanyahu berated him for bringing his children to the residence on Israeli Independence Day, a national holiday.
'We are Europeans. We are refined, we don't eat as much as you Moroccans... You are fattening us and then when we are photographed abroad, we look fat'
What Sara Netanyahu allegedly said
‘While it was clear that during the meal he could leave with them to his house, Mrs Netanyahu did not like this and asked that the children leave the house immediately,’ the lawsuit says.
It is the latest in a string of cases to taint Israel's first family, who have been accused of enjoying an extravagant lifestyle while ignoring the plight of the struggling middle class.
Mr Naftali, who is in his mid-30s, said he served in an elite military unit before joining the staff as a bodyguard to Mr Netanyahu's two sons.
Elysee Palace: Mr Naftali claimed that she chastised him because some flowers in a vase were a day old, comparing the residence in Israel to the French presidential palace (pictured)
Elysee Palace: Mr Naftali claimed that she chastised him because some flowers in a vase were a day old, comparing the residence in Israel to the French presidential palace (pictured)
He transferred to the housekeeping staff in February 2011 and remained there until leaving in November 2012. Mr Netanyahu's office rejected the claims in the lawsuit as ‘outrageous.’
Mrs Netanyahu has been a lightning rod for criticism going back to her husband's first term in the 1990s, when she was criticised for allegedly squabbling with her staff and meddling in state affairs.
Among other things, she was accused of firing a nanny for burning a pot of soup and of throwing a pair of shoes at an assistant.
In December, the prime minister came under fire after a watchdog group obtained expense reports showing heavy spending on scented candles and floral arrangements at his official residence.
In a statement, Mr Netanyahu's office noted that Mr Naftali filed the lawsuit after his request to receive a permanent position on the staff was rejected. 
‘If it was so bad for him at the prime minister's residence, why did he ask to work there permanently?’ it said.
The lawsuit was filed to the the Jerusalem district labour court in Israel.

14-03-31 Hello world!


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14-03-31 US under the Greater Depression - the fight for living wages


John Nichols
March 19, 2014
In a big-city test of the “Fight for 15” movement, 100 Chicago precincts vote “yes.” Wage hikes are a potent issue that could swing the Illinois governor race.
http://link.thenation.com/5245d737039c1c4d168d99301hq6m.4g8/Uysu-cJSaIPKlsMAAbed2

14-03-31 US- Misc news of the abuse: Vet baked to death in NYC

Steven Hsieh

Jerome Murdough was found dead in a Rikers Island jail cell after it had reached temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
READ MORE:
http://link.thenation.com/5245d737039c1c4d168d99301hq6m.4g8/UyxpDMJSaIPKnAcdAdde7

Friday, March 21, 2014

14-03-21 Tel Aviv street party

~If it ain't a party, it ain't my occupation!~
Estimated crowd around 100,000...
It is a complex phenomenon:
* A deliberate "Bread and Circuses" policy to keep the people quite, while they are being systematically looted.
* An outlet for the manic-depressive Israeli, who are into partying, particularly in Tel Aviv, as long as the security situation is OK.  But the mood can change to depression in a minute, with deterioration of security conditions.
* Part of a bit sleazy, but successful enterprise of the Tel Aviv Municipality to brand Tel Aviv as a global party city. Lonely Planet listed Tel Aviv a couple of years ago one of the top three party cities in the world...











14-03-21 Microsoft sells your data to FBI

Syrian Electronic Army hacked into FBI's super-secret Digital Intercept Technology Unit and exposes the MICROSOFT invoices, shows that Microsoft charges FBI for your Information http://thehackernews.com/2014/03/microsoft-sells-your-information-to-fbi.html
Microsoft sells your Information to the FBI; Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) leaks Invoices
THEHACKERNEWS.COM|BY SWATI KHANDELWAL, EDITOR@THEHACKERNEWS.COM
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

14-03-19 ISRAEL: Corruption of the courts and corruption of banking regulation go hand in hand // יד ביד - שחיתות בתי המשפט ושחיתות הפיקוח על הבנקים - גורמים מרכזיים במשבר החברתי-כלכלי בישראל

===14-03-19 ISRAEL: Corruption of the courts and corruption of banking regulation go hand in hand //
יד ביד - שחיתות בתי המשפט ושחיתות הפיקוח על הבנקים - גורמים מרכזיים במשבר החברתי-כלכלי בישראל
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Stanley Fischer with his newly acquired Israeli ID in 2005, Eugene Kandel - head of the National Economic Council at the Prime Minister's Office, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Asher Grunis.
OECD: Relative income poverty rates (1995-2010).  The diagram for 2014 is not available online yet.

Recent news from Israel's Chief Banking Regulator, and a new OECD report against highlight the basic facts: Under Stanley Fischer, Israeli Banking Regulation was thoroughly corrupted with help from the courts.  Israeli banks today are placed above the law of the State of Israel, subservient to the US global surveillance apparatus, and engage in looting of the people of the State of Israel through the courts...  In parallel, Israel has reached the distinction of the OECD's nation with highest poverty level.  In short: A "mini-me" of the United States...
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OccupyTLV, March 19 - Israeli media today published the 2014 OECD data, again showing Israel with the highest poverty levels among 34 member nations.  [1,2] 
And in recent days, Israeli media published news that Israeli Chief Banking Regulators Dudu Zaquen told Israeli banks to comply with US law (FATCA) starting July 1, 2014, regardless of whether Israel and the US have entered an inter government agreement on such law. [3,4]
Accordingly, Israeli banks will routinely and unlawfully share data regarding their clients with the US surveillance apparatus.
Such announcement by Israel's Banking Regulator highlights the fraud in Stanley Fischer's conduct in January 2013, when as Governor of Bank of Israel Fischer refused to provide equal protection to this writer against the Israeli Bank HaPoalim, BM, which unlawfully took his savings with full knowledge of the bank's most senior management. Fischer claimed that such conduct was authorized by the US law - FATCA - when such law was no in effect in the United States, and surely not in Israel. [5]    At that time Washington DC attorney and FATCA expert James Jatras issued an opinion that Fischer's response "does not make sense at all". [6]
Attempt to gain protection against Bank HaPoalim through a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice - to compel Fischer to perform his duties - was foiled though fraud in court process by Magistrate LIat BenMelech and then "Chief Clerk" (impostor) Sarah LIfschitz. [7]
Bank HaPoalim, BM, returned the savings deposit money only after request for protection was filed with the German government. [8]
As seen in the Chief Banking Regulator announcement, nothing has changed since Fischer's departure and Karnit Flug's appointment as Governor of Bank of Israel.
Israeli banks have been engaged in systematic looting of the people of the State of Israel over the past decade, through medieval-style debtors courts, where about half the residents of the State of Israel are under process today, and where any notion of Due Process is entirely ignored. [9]  
Additionally, corporate "haircuts" and bankruptcies are conducted in the courts in disregard of Due Process, where banks are routinely favored over the small savers - bond-holders. [10]
Combined, under the slogans of "Deregulation" and "Privatization", Israeli society has been transformed over the past 10-20 years. to the point of soaring poverty, homelessness, and affordable housing and cost of living.
In short: In the years since the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin, the government of Israel, through US imports, such as Stanley Fischer - former Governor of Bank of Israel,  and  Eugene Kandel - head of the National Economic Council at the Prime Minister's Office, has mimicked the key ingredients of the key elements of the fraud and corruption, underlying the socio-econmomic crisis in the United States.
LINKS:
[1] 2014, OECD: Society at a Glance
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/society-at-a-glance-2014_soc_glance-2014-en#page1
[2] 13-05-15 Israel has highest poverty rate in the developed world, OECD report shows
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-is-the-poorest-country-in-developed-world-oecd-report-shows.premium-1.524096
[3] 14-03-16  דודו זקן הנחה את הבנקים להיערך ל-FATCA
http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000924649
[4] 14-03-16 הבנקים בארץ יעבירו לרשויות בארה"ב מידע על לקוחות אמריקאים
http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3626715,00.html
[5] 13-01-27 Response by Governor of Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer, in re: unlawful seizing of bank accoutns by Bank HaPoalim, BM
http://www.scribd.com/doc/123951835/
[6] 13-02-06 Attorney James Jatras opinion in re: Bank of Israel's Stanley Fischer's January 27, 2013 FATCA Response Letter
http://www.scribd.com/doc/124247597/
[7] 13-03-04 Press Release: FATCA, Stanley Fischer, and adulterated records of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/128638635/
[8] 13-01-23 Request for protection by the German Ambassador to Israel of a human rights/computer science writer in Jerusalem
http://www.scribd.com/doc/121961448/
[9] 14-02-27 Zernik, J., ISRAEL: War hero Moti Ashkenazi+76 others versus the medieval debtors' courts | OpEdNews.com
http://www.opednews.com/articles/ISRAEL-War-hero-Moti-Ashk-by-Joseph-Zernik-Banking-Crime_Corporate-Corruption-Crime_Corruption-In-Legal-Profession_Foreclosures-140227-143.html
[10] 13-05-06 Tycoon Nochi Dankner and Self-immolated Moshe Silman - two sided of the same coin - judicial corruption in Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/139686709/
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החדשות האחרונות מהמפקח על הננקים ודו"ח חדש של ה-OECD, מראות שוב את העובדות הבסיסיות: תחת סטנלי פישר, הושחת הפיקוח על הבנקים בחסות בתי המשפט.  הבנקים בישראל עומדים היום מעל לחוק, כפופים למנגנוני הניטור האלקטרוני של ארה"ב, ועוסקים בשוד שיטתי של תושבי ישראל דרך בתי המשפט.  במקביל, ישראל העפילה למקום הראשון בין 34 חברות OECD ברמת העוני.  בקיצור:  ישראל מעתיקה בשיטתיות את הגורמים הבסיסיים למשבר החברתי-כלכלי בארה"ב. 
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מאהל המחאה ת:"א, 19 למרץ -- כלי התקשורת פרסמו היום את ממצאי OECD לשנת 2014, והנתונים שוב מראים שישראל עומדת במקום הראשון ברמת העוני בין 34 המדינות החברות. [1,2]
במקביל, פרסמו כלי התקשורת שהמפקח על הבנקים בבנק ישראל הודיע לבנקים בישראל שעליהם לציית לחוק האמריקאי (FATCA) החל ב-1 ליולי, 2014, ללא הבדל אם העניין יוסדר חוקית על ידי ממשלת ישראל. [3,4]
בהתאם, הבנקים בישראל יעבירו באופן קבוע באופן בלתי חוקי מידע לגבי לקוחותיהם למנגנוני הניטור האלקטרוני של ארה"ב.
הודעתו האחרונה של המפקח על הבנקים מדגישה את ההונאה שבהתנהלותו של סטנלי פישר כנגיד בנקי ישראל בינואר 2013. פישר סירב לספק הגנה שווה תחת החוק לכותב שורות אלה נגד ההנהלה הבכירה של בנק הפועלים בע"מ, שלקחה במשיכה את כל חסכונותיו של כותב שורות אלה, בטוענת שווא של קיום החוק האמריקאי (FATCA) - שלא היה אז בר תוקף בארה"ב, ובוודאי שלא בישראל. [5]  בשעתו, עו"ד ג'יימס ג'טרס מוושינגטון די.סי. מומחה לענייני החוק הנ"ל, הנפיק חוות דעת שמה שכתב פישר הוא "חסר שחר". [6]
נסיונות להגנה מפני התנהלות שודדית זאת של בנק הפועלים על ידי עתירה לבג"ץ - לחייב את סטנלי פישר לפעול על פי חוקי מדינת ישראל - הוכשלה על ידי הונאה בבית המשפט הגבוה לצדק על ידי רשמת ליאת בנמלך  ו"מזכירה ראשית" (מתחזית) אז  שרה ליפשיץ. [7] 
בנק הפועלים בע"מ החזיר בסופו של דבר את כספי חסכונותיו של כותב שורות אלה רק לאחר בקשת הגנה ממשלת גרמניה. [8]
כפי שמסתבר מן ההודעה האחרונה מהפיקוח על הבנקים, תחת הנגידה קרנית פלוג לא חל כל שינוי בענין זה.
הבנקים בישראל עוסקים בשוד שיטתי של העם בישראל בעשור האחרון דרך לשכות ההוצאה לפועל, המתנהלות כמו בתי דין לחייבים מימי הביניים.  כמחצית מתושבי מדינת ישראל כפופים היום להליכים מסוג זה, בהם מפרים רשויות המדינה את בסיסי ההליך ההוגן. [9]
הונאות ענק אחרות מתנהלות בבתי המשפט תחת תיקי "תספורות" ו"פירוקים" של חברות, (רבים מהם בבית המשפט המחוזי ת"א) בהם מפלים שופטים באופן קבוע בין הנושים, לטובת נושים ממסדיים - כגון בנקים - ולרעת החוסכים הקטנים - מחזיקי אג"ח.  [10]
בסה"כ, תחת ססמאות תלושות של "דרגולציה" ו"הפרטה", עברה החברה בישראל בשנים שמאז רצח רבין, שינוי מהותי  המצטיין בעוני מחריף,, ריבוי דרי הרחוב וחסרי הבית, ועלויות מרקיעות של הדיור ויוקר המחיה.
בקיצור:  בעזרת יבוא מארה"ב, כגון סטנלי פישר - נגיד בנק ישראל לשעבר, ויוג'ין קנדל - יו"ר המועצה הכלכלית במשרד ראש הממשלה, ממשלת ישראל מחקה בשיטתיות את המרכיבים המרכזיים בהונאות והשחיתות העומדים במרכז המשבר החברתי -כלכלי בארה"ב.
קישורים
לעיל
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דר' יוסף צרניק
מאהל המחאה, ת"א
http://www.scribd.com/Human_Rights_Alert
סייג לזכויות האדם (NGO)
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* דוח סייג לזכויות האדם נכלל בדוח התקופתי של האו"ם לגבי זכויות האדם בישראל (2013), עם ההערה: "חוסר יושרה בכתבים האלקטרוניים של בית המשפט העליון, בתי המשפט המחוזיים, ובתי הדין למוחזקי משמורת בישראל".
* דוח סייג לזכויות האדם נכלל בדוח התקופתי של האו"ם לגבי זכויות האדם בארה"ב (2010), עם ההערה: "שחיתות בתי המשפט ומקצוע עריכת הדין בקליפורניה".
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Monday, March 17, 2014

14-03-18 Meanwhile, in Shelby County, Alabama...

Last time I was communicating with Roger Shuler's wife, ACLU was still trying to gain access to booking records, etc. 
One must wonder, in which nations around the globe, conditions today prevail, such as documented in the case of Roger Shuler in the United States. 
 jz
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Anti judicial corruption activist/blogger Roger Shuler was beaten up and arrested by Shelby County Sheriff Deputies on October 23, 2013.  Since then, he is falsely imprisoned.  No end to the false imprisonment in sight!

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Monday, March 17, 2014

Why Was Legal Schnauzer Publisher Roger Shuler Detained at the Jefferson County Jail?

This is Carol, Roger's wife. Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler recently was held for more than a week at the Jefferson County Jail because of a hearing in the Jessica Medeiros Garrison case.

Shuler was transported for a 30 minute hearing on March 5 before Circuit Judge Don Blankenship. Shuler expected to be returned that day, but stayed in the Jefferson County Jail for a week before he was finally returned to Shelby County.

"I have no idea why I was detained so long at the Jefferson County Jail," Shuler said. "I don't know if it's just a case of general incompetence or someone was intentionally interfering with my case, but my experience in the Jefferson County Jail was extremely unpleasant."

Thursday, March 6, 2014


"Crystal Clear" Law Proves that Legal Schnauzer Publisher is Due for Immediate Release from Jail

This is Carol, Roger's wife. The law is "crystal clear" that a preliminary injunction in an alleged defamation case is unlawful under the first amendment according to a free speech expert. Paul Alan Levy, an attorney with Public Citizen, was talking about a Virginia case styled Dietz v. Perez. But he might has well have been talking about the case of Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler because the two cases are almost identical in terms of facts and applicable law.

Levy's statement provides further proof that Shuler's incarceration is not grounded in law and he is due for immediate release. Despite the clear cut nature of the law, Levy said it is not unusual for judges to grant preliminary injunctions in such cases. That simply is a sign that laziness and incompetence run deep in America's courtroom.

From a Public Citizen article that Levy wrote:
"At the appellate level, and in the reported cases, it is crystal clear that, as the petition for review argues, a preliminary injunction against alleged defamation is an impermissible prior restraint.  But it is not uncommon to hear about trial judges issuing temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions against alleged defamation.  These orders are often made because they are sought ex parte and the judge does not do original research leading to clear law forbidding ex parte injunctions against speech, or because the defendant’s lawyer lacks enough sophistication to recognize and argue the prior restraint issue, or, in the end, because the trial judge just wants to do what he sees as fair.  It is also not unusual for trial judges to “split the baby” by issuing an order that gives something to both sides.  Apparently, we need more appellate precedent reminding trial judges that the First Amendment forbids such injunctions."

Wednesday, March 5, 2014


Alabama Inmate at Shelby County Jail is Severely Beaten Over Alleged Theft of Telephone PIN

This is Carol, Roger's wife. An inmate was severely beaten by another inmate on Feb. 26 in the cell block where Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler is housed at the Shelby County Jail. The fight apparently started over theft of a telephone PIN account, the same problem for which Shuler has been victimized.

"This was the second most disturbing event I've witnessed in jail, next to the suicide of an inmate," Shuler said. "One man wound up with numerous welts and abrasions all over his head and face so the potential is there for serious damage. It's particularly disturbing that this involved alleged theft of a PIN account because I've experienced that myself. I know from experience that the Shelby County Jail provides no security or privacy for telephone use, and it's extremely easy for PIN information to be stolen. Even worse, the jail has done nothing to investigate my case which involved the loss of $99 and I'm still out that money and I have no evidence that the jail has even looked into it."

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014


New York Times Article Falsely Claims that Legal Schnauzer Case Raises First Amendment Questions

This is Carol, Roger's wife. The headline on The New York Times article says the Legal Schnauzer case raises questions about the first amendment. One sentence in the article says that the case makes for "an exceptionally messy test of constitutional law." But the article as a whole does not say that at all. In fact, the article states that the case really is about judicial incompetence and corruption in an Alabama courthouse. 

Every legal expert cited by The Times says that Alabama Circuit Judge Claud Neilson has ruled unlawfully in the Legal Schnauzer case, resulting in the incarceration of publisher Roger Shuler. None of the experts says that the case raises new issues regarding the first amendment. A 2012 Virginia case called Dietz v. Perez states unequivocally that a preliminary injunction in an alleged defamation case is unlawful under the first amendment. The facts and procedure of the Schnauzer case are almost identical to Dietz, and that means that Shuler's incarceration is unlawful and he is due to be released immediately.

"This case really is about unlawful actions in an Alabama courtroom." Shuler said. "The first amendment has been rock-solid for roughly 230 years and the Dietz case shows that it's still very much intact and nothing in my case raises new issues regarding the first amendment. It simply is a matter of a rogue judge who has so far gotten away with making rulings that go way outside the law."

The New York Times - New York, NY





Monday, March 3, 2014


Legal Schnauzer Publisher Roger Shuler Will Appear at Jefferson County Hearing on Wednesday, March 5

This is Carol, Roger's wife. Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler will appear at a hearing at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5 at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The hearing, before Judge Don Blankenship, is in a lawsuit filed by Republican political figure Jessica Medeiros Garrison. The hearing reportedly will involve an attempted default judgment that Garrison is seeking. Shuler is unlawfully incarcerated in the Shelby County Jail because of a lawsuit filed by Rob Riley, one of Garrison's Republican political allies. Garrison is the former campaign manager for Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange.

Luther Strange and
 Jessica Medeiros Garrison









Thursday, February 27, 2014


Dietz v. Perez Case in Virginia Proves that Legal Schnauzer Publisher is Unlawfully Incarcerated

This is Carol, Roger's wife. A Virginia woman took to the internet in 2012 to voice her displeasure with a contractor who had done repair work on her townhouse. That lead to the most recent first amendment case that proves Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler is unlawfully incarcerated.

Dietz v. Perez holds that a preliminary injunction in an alleged defamation case is an unlawful prior restraint under the first amendment. It's the most recent national case to make that finding adding to the roughly 230 years of U.S. law on the subject.

Jane Perez heaped criticism on Dietz contractors after she felt that they botched the home repair job. She went onto consumer sites Yelp and Angie's List to state her criticism, and Dietz responded by suing her and asking a judge to force her to remove critical comments. The judge refused to grant a full injunction, but he did force Perez to remove comments about two issues. The Virginia Supreme Court overturned that ruling and said that Perez could not be forced to remove the comments. 

Here is a link to a report on the case by the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press: Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Injunction Against Online Commenter.
"A Virginia woman being sued by her home contractor for libel won't have to remove negative comments she posted on Internet review sites about him, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled. 
The state’s high court reversed a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge’s ruling ordering Jane Perez to delete portions of her review of the contractor on Yelp and Angie’s List. In her review, Perez mentioned that her jewelry was missing. She also referenced the outcome of a suit brought by the contractor against Perez for nonpayment. 
The Circuit Court also barred Perez from making similar claims on other online comment sites. 
In a one-page ruling issued on Dec. 28, a three-judge panel of the state Supreme Court vacated the Circuit Court’s Dec. 7 order, saying the injunction was not justified and the lower court did not specify how long it would be effective."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and a Washington-based advocacy group called Public Citizen helped represent Perez in the case.

Supreme Court of Virginia