• @surewhynotlem
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    261 year ago

    I would love to see him bankrupt himself in a recursive loop of losing and insulting her.

    • SolidGrue
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      31 year ago
        while [[ 1 ]];  
          fork;  
          echo 'why am I hitting myself?' >> defamation_lawsuit.text;  
          sync;  
        done;
      
        exit -1
      
  • cowvin
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    91 year ago

    I mean he’s still defaming her now and he’s no longer president…

    • orcrist
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      51 year ago

      Yes, and that just makes current and future lawsuits go faster. When the percent of the relevant facts have already been established by it a previous court, doesn’t take too long to get to the end stage, which is deciding damages for the new statements.

  • Arotrios
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    91 year ago

    This is significant in terms of precedent - if the ruling stands, it’s dramatically less likely the argument will work in his other lawsuits.

    • funkyb
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      51 year ago

      sorta. what is at issue here is that the actions in question are after he held the office. that isn’t a trivial difference.

      • FlowVoid
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        41 year ago

        It goes beyond that. Some of the statements were made while in office, but the judge ruled that those particular statements weren’t protected either.

  • cowvin
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    41 year ago

    I mean he’s still defaming her now and he’s no longer president…

  • Darkonion
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    31 year ago

    Will at some point she become too famous and then is there some weird shift in how libel and slander work in the U.S.? Just thinking about how the politicians are always slinging mud, but there seems to be a different standard.

  • Larvitar
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    21 year ago

    He should go back to reading his beautiful mind papers… Oh wait he can’t lol