Comments on: Legal Thuggery Against Neurodiversity.com http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:09:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-36663 Ebonmuse Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:40:30 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-36663 One final update: <a href="http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/164" rel="nofollow">Clifford Shoemaker has been sanctioned</a> for filing an abusive subpoena. I didn't doubt that this was going to happen, but it's very nice to see him get his deserved comeuppance. The next bully is going to think twice before coming after Kathleen Seidel. One final update: Clifford Shoemaker has been sanctioned for filing an abusive subpoena. I didn't doubt that this was going to happen, but it's very nice to see him get his deserved comeuppance. The next bully is going to think twice before coming after Kathleen Seidel.

]]> By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-35217 Ebonmuse Sat, 03 May 2008 14:09:04 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-35217 One more update to report: <a href="http://www.neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/155" rel="nofollow"><i>Sykes v. Bayer</i> has been dismissed</a> by consent of both parties. The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning that this same suit cannot be refiled. The order for Clifford Shoemaker to show cause as to why he should not be sanctioned for his frivolous subpoena is still in effect, however, and Kathleen Seidel points out that Shoemaker missed the judge's deadline to respond to that order. One more update to report: Sykes v. Bayer has been dismissed by consent of both parties. The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning that this same suit cannot be refiled. The order for Clifford Shoemaker to show cause as to why he should not be sanctioned for his frivolous subpoena is still in effect, however, and Kathleen Seidel points out that Shoemaker missed the judge's deadline to respond to that order.

]]> By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-34679 Ebonmuse Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:42:34 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-34679 UPDATE: Victory! Kathleen Seidel announces that <a href="http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/152/" rel="nofollow">Clifford Shoemaker's harassing subpoena has been quashed</a>. Even better, the presiding judge has ordered that Shoemaker must show why he should not be sanctioned for his unethical use of the subpoena power to unduly burden one of his critics. This is an out-and-out victory for the good guys, folks. It doesn't get any better than this. Bravo to Kathleen Seidel for fighting back! Her triumph over this bullying thug will doubtless give pause to the next sleazy pseudoscience advocate who's tempted to use the legal system as a means of extra-legal retaliation. UPDATE: Victory! Kathleen Seidel announces that Clifford Shoemaker's harassing subpoena has been quashed. Even better, the presiding judge has ordered that Shoemaker must show why he should not be sanctioned for his unethical use of the subpoena power to unduly burden one of his critics.

This is an out-and-out victory for the good guys, folks. It doesn't get any better than this. Bravo to Kathleen Seidel for fighting back! Her triumph over this bullying thug will doubtless give pause to the next sleazy pseudoscience advocate who's tempted to use the legal system as a means of extra-legal retaliation.

]]> By: Penguin_Factory http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-33921 Penguin_Factory Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:33:26 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/legal-thuggery.html#comment-33921 Normally pseudo-science movements are guilty of nothing more than spreading falsehoods and peddling nonsense to the public, but the anti-vaccine campaign is a menace to public health and the welfare of children. I applaud Mrs. Seidal for standing up to this sort of bullying. Normally pseudo-science movements are guilty of nothing more than spreading falsehoods and peddling nonsense to the public, but the anti-vaccine campaign is a menace to public health and the welfare of children. I applaud Mrs. Seidal for standing up to this sort of bullying.

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