New Jersey Mother Denied Injunction in Facebook Comments Case

A New Jersey woman doesn’t have standing to accuse government officials of violating her First Amendment rights by engaging in a retaliation campaign for comments she made on Facebook, the Third Circuit affirmed Friday.

Angela Reading, a mother and former school board member, failed to show a substantial risk that the the officials’ alleged acts of censorship and retaliation will recur, and therefore can’t receive a preliminary injunction against them, Judge Thomas M. Hardiman of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said, affirming the lower court’s order. But the defendants’ past conduct may result in remedies for ...