ShivaX
3196
They also have to prove that a reasonable person would believe them to be true. And even then, it still favors the defendant, you can always claim it was satire, opinion or the like and get it thrown out. Slander and libel are nearly unwinnable cases in the US for a variety of reasons. Hence, Fox News and it’s reporting. If you could sue like Trump wants to, the network would’ve gone bankrupt within 3 years. Sean Hannity alone would destroy the entire company in any given week.
ShivaX
3197
Basically, yes. What the plaintiff has to establish is that a reasonable person would think the statement has a defamatory meaning, and that this meaning did or is likely to cause serious harm to their reputation. At that point there are a number of defences available to the defendant, one of which is truth.
Has this already been posted? Whatever, I’m posting it again.
ShivaX
3200
The Act Act.
Seriously, why is everything an Act? Not to mention the “Repeal and Replace Obamacare Act”. It’s not actually called Obamacare. It’s like a child who watched CSPAN for 10 minutes made this.
But sadly that is the only way his voters understand.
Everything is an Act because then he doesn’t have to actually have a policy.
Because that’s what it is.
Because he’s only acting like there’s substance behind them!
Because calling it “Obamacare” is effective. “ACA” or “Affordable Care Act” is unknown to most voters, especially ones that irrationally hate it for being a largely Democrat initiative.
Timex
3206
“Repeal and Replace Affordable Care Act Act”
dfs
3207
“End the offshoring act” … wtf …
All of the trumpists that I know are big into energy indepedance and “drill, baby drill.”
Leaving aside the grammar… when did they pivot on this? Is this a we have so much energy from fracking that we don’t need to drill offshore anymore thing?
Timex
3208
Offshoring means sending jobs overseas.
RichVR
3209
Brought and reported to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.
Speaking of Trump and libel, “Trump and his companies have been involved in a mind-boggling 4,000 lawsuits over the last 30 years and sent countless threatening cease-and-desist letters to journalists and critics. But the GOP presidential nominee and his companies have never won a single speech-related case filed in a public court.”
This article was commissioned by the ABA, but apparently was spiked because they thought Trump might sue.
JFrazer
3211
As much as I hate Trump, I agree with the ABA’s position on the article. The title and the conclusion section are written in a way that sounds partisan. They could have been re-worded easily to present the same information without sounding like a DNC press release. I mean, the title is literally “Donald J Trump is a Libel Bully but also a Libel Loser”. That’s awfully inflammatory for a non-partisan journal. “Bully” and “Loser” don’t strike me as legal terms.
Now if the author had made the edits and the ABA still wouldn’t publish the write-up, I would call that a red flag.
RichVR
3212
Donald Trump says people are taking his threats to bring down America too seriously
“Yes, I think too much is being made,” Trump told Bo Thompson on WBT-AM’s “Charlotte’s Morning News.” “But, you know, everybody had me winning the third debate and the second debate handily, easily. And when I made that statement, I made it knowingly, because what’s happening is absolutely ridiculous.”
Okay. Sure. That explains everything.
itself comprises at least 2 of the 3 departments Rick Perry would eliminate
