Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content

A New Zealand man, who ignored a gag order last year ordering that his website be taken down, is facing the possibility of Indefinite Imprisonment until he follows the court’s order. A look at more of the facts, as well as the website in question makes it pretty clear that this could never happen in America–his speech is clearly political and thus receives the highest protection (sounds like Near v. Minnesota to me). I’m no expert, but there’s even a “freedom of expression” clause in the New Zealand Constitution. It’s amazing this could happen in a “parliamentary representative democratic monarchy.”