The Wall Street Journal | By: By Lawrence Cappello | September 04, 2017:
A Washington, D.C., judge strikes the balance in an investigation of riots on Inauguration Day.
News broke last month that the Justice Department had demanded DreamHost, a Los Angeles tech company, turn over information on more than a million visitors to a website that coordinated anti-Trump protests—some of which turned violent.
Although the feds had a search warrant signed by a District of Columbia Superior Court judge, DreamHost refused to comply, arguing that the order raised First Amendment questions and could have a chilling effect on political expression.
Immediately the Justice Department felt pressure from its right and left flanks. Fox News libertarian Andrew Napolitano noted there are “very serious constitutional problems” with the order. His sentiments were startlingly similar to those of anti-Trump outlets like CNN and the Huffington Post.
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