[ExI] Justice Thomas ​wants the presadent to be able to sue for Libel

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 16:48:22 UTC 2019


Does he intend to make truth no longer an absolute defense?

Not that everything bad that's written about Trump is true.  Just most of it.

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 8:36 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The USA takes yet another step toward totalitarianism, Trump must be smiling:
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> “I’m going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We’re going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they’re totally protected.”
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> Justice Thomas wants the presadent to be able to sue for Libel
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> John K Clark
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