Backpage.com CEO Maintains 1st Amendment Argument In Appeal Over Senate Subpoena

Mealey's (January 11, 2017, 12:22 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his Jan. 9 reply brief in the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Backpage.com LLC Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer defends his objections under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to a U.S. Senate subpoena that he says inappropriately seeks information and documents related to Backpage’s protected editorial judgment and choices as an online intermediary (Carl Ferrer v. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, No. 16-5232 and 16-5274, D.C. Cir.)...