Government's Use of Spam Filter Does not Implicate First Amendment
Evan Brown posts on a 3rd circuit case holding "that a county government did not violate a citizen’s First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances when the county set its spam filters to block all email from the citizen’s domain."
I don't have much to add to Evan's post. Access a copy of the 3rd Circuit's disposition here [pdf]. I do recall this coming up a couple of times before: (1) the Florida Family Association case (link) and (2) White Buffalo Ventures, the 5th Circuit case (link). Both of these cases were decided in favor of the party doing the blocking/filtering.
Let me quickly cut through the legal mire. If you are complaining that someone wrongly blocked your emails, chances are you will lose. The First Amendment is not going to save you!
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