Louisiana Files Suit Against MoveOn.org For Billboard Criticizing Jindal

[DonViejo]

CAITLIN MACNEAL – MARCH 16, 2014, 6:06 PM EDT

The state of Louisiana on Friday filed a lawsuit against liberal group MoveOn.org over the organizations billboard and television ads that criticized Gov. Bobby Jindal (R).

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"We have invested millions of dollars in identifying the Louisiana: Pick Your Passion brand with all that is good about Louisiana. No group should be allowed to use the brand for its own purposes, especially if it is for partisan political posturing," Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne (R) said in a statement.

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Although the state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit, MoveOn says that they will keep the billboard up.

"They're trying to force us to take down a billboard that calls out Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal—an aspiring presidential candidate—for denying health care to 242,000 people," a Sunday statement from the group reads. "After carefully discussing the matter with our lawyers, we've made a decision: We're leaving our billboard up—even if we have to take this fight all the way to the Supreme Court."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lousiana-jindal-sue-moveon-obamacare

[Gothmog]

1. Satire and public comment are protected by First Amendment

There should be a good fair use defense to this lawsuit.