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Obama DOJ to Biz: Drop First Amendment Claims or Else

Obama DOJ to Biz: Drop First Amendment Claims or Else

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The Department of Justice typically sets down certain terms of behavior for an individual seeking to settle a suit without going to trial. Usually, the requirements will include: Don’t step over that line again. And: Don’t associate with bad people. More severely, the government might say: Don’t engage in that profession again. But in a case settled this week, the DOJ required, as its price of settlement, that an individual drop a lawsuit seeking to vindicate free speech.