Viagra tablet, There's plenty of reason to be angry at Congress today, but the House, at least, has gotten one right. It passed a bill, H.R. 6146, availability of viagra in pakistan, with a very simple text, once you get past the preamble and definitions:

Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, Viagra china, a domestic court shall not recognize or enforce a foreign judgment concerning defamation unless the domestic court determines that the foreign judgment is consistent with the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

This is aimed at fighting back against libel tourism, which is a product of the Internet and the globalized economy. In Blown to Bits we tell the tale of a lawsuit successfully undertaken in Australia against a magazine published in the U.S., because of an article allegedly slandering an Australian businessman, New Hampshire NH N.H., Joseph Gutnick. Australia decided that the magazine was "published in" Australia because Barrons sent the bits there -- that is, Cheap viagra overnight delivery, you could sit in Australia at your web browser, click a few links, and the story would appear on your screen. Australia follows U.K, viagra tablet. conventions about defamation, Florida FL Fla., which are much friendlier to the plaintiff than those in the U.S. First Amendment rights to free speech are so strong in the U.S. Discount viagra, that you have to do a lot to say something about someone for which that person could collect damages.

So the bill essentially says that even if someone wins a libel suit against you in his own country, the U.S. Viagra tablet, courts won't help him collect the damages, unless his country has the same free speech standards as the U.S. (which few places do), Washington WA Wash..

This bill doesn't solve the problem by any means. If you're an American guilty of libel in Saudi Arabia, Buy viagra no prescription, maybe U.S. courts won't enforce the Saudi court's judgment, but you probably don't want to plan your next vacation for Riyadh, or you'll get arrested, cheapest viagra in the world. More seriously, if the defendant is a corporation -- Dow Jones, Colorado CO Colo., say, which publishes Barrons -- this law can't prevent the plaintiff's government from seizing its assets in that country, or imprisoning its employees.

Still, it's a start, as the New York Times correctly editorializes today.

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