No hay casos como los casos norteamericanos

Según leo en el Yale L. J., el Tribunal Supremo decidirá próximamente en un caso en el que se plantea el conflicto entre libertad de expresión y derecho a la intimidad (o, en versión norteamericana, el derecho a que lo dejen a uno en paz). Un resumen del caso en español, aquí. Y así resume el caso Deana Pollard Sacks

The Phelpses’ family-operated Westboro Baptist Church exploited form-er marine Matthew A. Snyder’s untimely death in Iraq to expound its “religious” belief that “God hates fags” and kills American soldiers to punish the United States for tolerating homosexuality. Its messages, which mixed political and religious viewpoints with personal attacks on the Snyders, produced a jury verdict in the amount of $10.9 million in favor of Matthew’s father for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Fourth Circuit reversed on First Amendment grounds, finding the political speech and personal attacks categorically exempt from tort liability. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.