Did Salahi call up Kaplan's bosses and libel him to that boss? I think I read that in a local rag in Berkeley. That is not freedom of speech, but criminal behavior. regardless, this is an Israel/Palastine thing. No winning sides.

Salahi started by purposely ducking service which he admitted to the second Judge after he lost the first hearing by default.

He successfully sued to have his case heard again, which he won.

He then had a trial on the merits of the case and again had a $7500 judgment levied against him.

He appealed, and was granted a second trial before a different judge. He lost again.

Now he is claiming this is an attack on his 1st amendment rights? The court did not order him to remove his blog. His first amendment rights were never challenged. It was his malicious actions, stalking behavior, damage to Mr. Kaplan's professional reputation, and interference in his employment including threats to Kaplan's future employer that merited the judgement.

Remember, in court it's not what is alleged, but what can be proved that counts. Kaplan proved Salahi's intentional interference in his business with malice.

Salahi had a lawyer from Jewish Voice for Peace representing him for free (one wonders what other kinds of uses JVP uses it's donations for). Claiming it wasn't a "real" court or that he wasn't allowed to present evidence is yet more historical revisionism on the part of Salahi.

He had his day in court five times. He had an attorney. He was not prevented from presenting evidence. His first amendment rights are still intact. He can go on criticizing Kaplan till the cows come home---but he ought to be cautious about committing libel, or attempting to ruin another persons reputation with threats and with outrageous claims.

Otherwise, he may yet get his wish to face Kaplan in a "real" court.

Salahi lost his case because he is a jerk. But an even bigger jerk is Eliza Strickland who can't seem to stop trying to smear Lee Kaplan in your journal. Why don't you hire professional journalists as reporters, instead of people with a leftist agenda who do not report the truth accurately?

>>Did Salahi call up Kaplan's bosses and libel him to that boss?

he didn't! that is a total, manufactured lie. He did absolutely nothing wrong.

It was proven in court that Salahi called up and emailed Kaplan's publishers and business associates and threatened them. The documents are on the courthouse website and there was further evidence presented in court. Two Superior court judges heard this case, and Salahi was proven to have lied so many times is bis declarations that the court easily knew he was lying. The fact that Salahi has friends like this Tom Pessah to lie for him on the Internet does not change the facts of this case. He is doing it all again now on the internet as well.

People go to:
http://www.leekaplandeconstructsleekaplanwatch.blogspot.com and
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28816 for the facts.

It was proven in court that Salahi called up and emailed Kaplan's publishers and business associates and threatened them. The documents are on the courthouse website and there was further evidence presented in court. Two Superior court judges heard this case, and Salahi was proven to have lied so many times in his declarations that the court easily knew he was lying. The fact that Salahi has friends like this Tom Pessah to lie for him on the Internet does not change the facts of this case. He is doing it all again now on the internet as well.

People go to:
http://www.leekaplandeconstructsleekaplanwatch.blogspot.com and
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28816 for the facts.

As a practicing attorney I read the submissions to the court by the lawyers for Mr. Salahi.

The submissions and motion to dismiss from Mr. Salahi's lawyers numbered in the hundreds of pages and related largely to 1st Amendment issues but the allegations and evidence submitted by Lee Kaplan targeted 'defamation' and cited loss of earnings for damages and not public statements or writings of Mr. Salahi.

Lee Kaplan showed that Mr. Salahi contacted several of the employers of Lee Kaplan and made statements that were defamatory and false and also made threats to the employers.

Mr. Salahi was sued not on the basis of his Blog or other public writings but on his PRIVATE writings and communications (threats) to the employers of Lee Kaplan.

It is all in the court filings which are available over the internet.

The private communications of Mr. Slahi to the employers of Lee Kaplan are not defined as falling under under the laws of 'free speech' in the United States.

Mr. Salahi lost before the Superior Court of the state of California and a sitting justice of that Court, not just before the Small Claims Court. The case started in Small Claims Court, but Mr. Salahi appealed and had a full trial ('de novo hearing') before a Justice of the Superior Court with full trial transcripts available.

Let's try to stick with the facts.

It should be noted that Mr. Salahi's behavior has been execrable and his misstatements regarding the court proceedings and his allegations of 'free speech' implications are false and reprehensible.

Lee Kaplan is a right wing piece of shit, so is Becky fat ass Johnson.
Zionazi scum.