Your Free Expression in DANGER of the SLAPP!

Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP): First Amendment Free Speech and Expression under Attack

Alarming, is the only word that adequately expresses the concern for our need to become focused on the obvious eroding of one of our basic rights. The First Amendment to the Constitution reads in part;…. Congress shall make no law respecting ….. or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble….

An in-depth article, entitled Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP): First Amendment Free Speech and Expression under Attack written by Fine Art Registry columnist, John Daab, will startle the reader and alert them to the dangers that lurk.

For some time now there has been a slowly progressing move by large entities, both government and business, to chip away at this cherished freedom of speech. Through the use of the court system and what is known as SLAPP lawsuits that have the ultimate goal of silencing critics and crushing them with burgeoning legal bills and entanglements that linger and languish resulting in a chilling silence of free speech.

The author of this article outlines precisely all the ramifications of such legal maneuvers and helps the reader to understand, in a succinct manner, what one should do when confronted with these attacks on our freedom. He points out that your free speech is not without limits, in that you do not scream FIRE in a crowded building when no fire is present and then expect to claim Constitutional Rights. But, in the case of the SLAPP lawsuits, the plaintiff sues with the primary purpose of stifling someone’s voice of criticism. Often the person being sued does not realize what is happening and the window of time in which they are allowed to answer the complaint is very limited. Before they know it they have been attacked by SLAPP and they find themselves in violation of the courts and lose by default.

This is all a very chilling scenario but one to keep a keen eye on, for you may find yourself the next unsuspecting victim of a SLAPP lawsuit. This is a very serious and timely article that can be studied at www.fineartregistry.com. Please be aware, free speech is in grave danger.