A shady new super PAC named for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg just spent nearly $20 million on efforts to help Donald Trump appear more moderate on abortion, but the group won’t reveal where its money comes from until after the election.
The pro-Trump RBG PAC (a massive insult to the late justice, who hated Trump) is attempting to use the liberal justice’s legacy to try and boost Trump ahead of the election. Its website even features photos of Ginsberg and the former president, captioned “Great Minds Think Alike.”
Can someone libel a dead person?
No, sick as it is, you can’t libel or defame a dead person under American common law
I sat here trying to come up with a defamatory statement about Rush Limbaugh to post for quite some time before giving up. I couldn’t think of a single awful thing that wouldn’t be believable. What a colossal piece of trash, even from the grave.
😑 and it only applies to people, right? Not estates?
I believe that is the case yes. The logic behind why libel and defamation are crimes is that it can cause damage to a person and their livlihood. It could obviously hurt the earning potential of their estate, like if they were still selling books posthumously. But i don’t think that’s protected.
Thanks for breaking it down! It’s been a long time since management degree law classes.