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Two years ago, Judge William Orrick granted an injunction<\/a> against the Center for Medical Progress, putting in place a gag just hours after the National Abortion Federation filed a lawsuit to prevent undercover videos filmed inside one of their conferences from being released. Despite being a blatant attack on free speech, Orrick later extended the ban, and has since held\u00a0David Daleiden and his attorneys, Steve Cooley and Brentford Ferreira, in contempt of court<\/a>.\u00a0Now, Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress are firing back.<\/p>\n

Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress filed a petition for writ of certiorari<\/a> at the United States Supreme Court, with the intent of appealing the gag order Orrick placed against them.<\/p>\n

The petition points out that an order designed to suppress speech has never been upheld before, and suggests that it was put into place specifically to keep the public from the information revealed in the videos. “Judge Orrick\u2019s gag order, issued at the behest of Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation, is an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment by a clearly biased federal judge,” Daleiden said. “Judge Orrick even wants to press his gag order in the California Attorney General\u2019s bogus criminal case against me — though he, NAF, and Planned Parenthood insist the gag order only applies to my defense, and not to the Attorney General\u2019s bogus prosecution.”<\/p>\n

\"Defund<\/a><\/p>\n

While pro-lifers have taken great interest in the unconstitutional gag order filed against Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress, others have found it disturbing, as well. The U.S. Reporters\u2019 Committee filed a \u2018friend of the Court\u2019 submission<\/a> opposing the restraining order, a move not entirely surprising. The committee argued that this was an attack on free speech, and could have troubling repercussions if allowed to stand.<\/p>\n

Journalists frequently use the undercover investigation methods<\/a>\u00a0used by Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress, which is why many suspect that Orrick’s gag order is politically motivated. Orrick is alleged to have a pro-abortion bias<\/a>, with ties to both Planned Parenthood<\/a> and the National Abortion Federation, including opening and helping to run a Planned Parenthood facility.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Center for Medical Progress also filed a motion to disqualify Orrick<\/a> due to these apparent conflicts of interest,\u00a0which is still pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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