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See what happens when a tweet goes viral?
All the gossipy, vicious Nazi fun goes out of the world when someone sues for defamation. This, from John Ross’s Volokh Report’s summaries of federal cases: Twitter flips out after woman at rally for then-candidate Donald Trump sieg heils in … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Bernie Sanders, defamation, defamation on Twitter, facts of life, James Woods, John Ross, sieg heils on Twitter, Sixth Circuit federal court, Trump, Twitter, Volokh Report
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Roger Stone settles defamation lawsuit
Over the past few years I’ve read a lot of complaints from all sorts of people who wonder why politicians don’t sue people who defame them in public fora such as the National Enquirer. The answer is sort of complicated. … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Mueller investigation, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Daily News, defamation, Guo Wengui, Infowars, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Sam Nunberg
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Defamation: Trump’s ignorance about the law and the First Amendment
The creature just does not understanding anything. A solid read from Publisher’s Marketplace, with a little bit of bolding: A Different Fury: Trump Inspires Free Speech Defenders President Trump gave a big boost to nonprofits that safeguard freedom of the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged actual malice, defamation, First Amendment, libel law, New York Times v Sullivan, Trump and libel law
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