Judge Smacks Down Trump's $15 Billion New York Times Lawsuit

A federal judge issued a damning rebuke of Donald Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times. The four page order describes in detail the requirements and purpose of a complaint, the mechanism which creates a lawsuit, and goes on to state unequivocally, the complaint is decidedly improper and impermissible. The order strikes the complaint, meaning it's gone and gives Trump's attorneys 28 days to file a different one, else the lawsuit be concluded.

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A federal judge issued a damning rebuke of Donald Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times. The four page order describes in detail the requirements and purpose of a complaint, the mechanism which creates a lawsuit, writing, in this action, a prominent American citizen, perhaps the most prominent American citizen, alleges defamation by a prominent American newspaper publisher, perhaps the most prominent American newspaper publisher, and by several other corporate and natural persons. It goes on to state unequivocally, the complaint is decidedly improper and impermissible. The judge writes, a complaint remains an improper and impermissible place for tedious and burdensome aggregation of perspective evidence for the rehearsal of tendentious argument, or for the protracted recitation and explanation of legal authority putatively supporting the pleaders claim for relief.

As a lawyer knows or is presumed to know, a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective, not a protected platform to rage against an adversary. A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally or the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers corner. The order strikes the complaint, meaning it's gone and gives Trump's attorneys 28 days to file a different one, else the lawsuit be concluded. When so many institutions and people entrusted with upholding the law equally, for all of us have failed, it is refreshing to see an honest application by this judge. Thank you for doing your job.

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