“What Badoy said is permissive satire which, according to jurisprudence, is not legally actionable. After all, who in his right mind will even believe that Badoy will really kill the judge, and publicly announce her plan to do so?”
Many communist sympathizers, radical troublemakers, publicity seekers, opinionated characters with dubious credentials, anti-establishment elements, hollow-minded politicians, and judges and lawyers groups denounced Badoy. There is also the doctrine of fair comment, which is a legal doctrine that goes back to 1918 in the leading case of United States versus Bustos.
To be perfectly frank, the decision of the judge is not even completely tenable, legally speaking, because the historical record confirms that the CPP-NPA have been, since the late 1960s, engaged in terrorist acts, including murder, bombings, arson and extortion, among others. Also for the same reason, what Badoy said does not amount to the crime of grave threats punishable under the Revised Penal Code.
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