WorldNetDaily By Bob Unruh
‘Democracies falter when citizens lose interest or cannot ask questions, seek answers, and make comment without fearing government reprisal against them’.
Decatur County, Iowa, resident Rita Audlehelm noticed that a county official repeatedly failed to attend meetings in person.
So she wrote an op-ed about it. And it was published.
And got sued for defamation.
Now the Institute for Justice has dispatched a letter to county leaders suggesting they abandon their attempt to silence Audlehelm.
The “threat to sue Rita over her factual criticisms violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, which protects Americans’ ability to freely criticize the government without fear of retribution,” the legal team explained in a new report about the confrontation.
Audlehelm had raised the issue about an official’s “repeated failure” to be at meetings, prompting the county threat.
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