A muckraking menace to corrupt officials scores a big SCOTUS victory for free speech.
Laredo’s “Lagordiloca” won a victory for freedom of speech and struck a blow against official oppression and police-qualified immunity. Much like Donald Trump, Priscilla Villarreal was prosecuted by authorities, who disliked her threat to their power, via a novel application of the law. It was used in a preposterous way to punish behavior that is not even objectionable, much less criminal. She was prosecuted for asking a government official to comment on a story. The shocking thing is, there’s not more to it than that. Her case was tossed around until Tuesday, Oct. 15, when the Supreme Court, without dissent, came down with a pro-freedom ruling.
‘Lagordiloca’ is a Journalist
Ms. Villarreal does her reporting via social media posts….
