Judge dismisses Sandmann libel case against Washington Post
But of course! A Kentucky judge has thrown out the $250 million Nick Sandmann libel case against the Washington Post, saying the Post was merely exercising its first amendment rights.
Everyone should understand how this works. Leftist and liberal news outlets, as well as leftist and liberal politicians and pundits, are allowed to slander and libel and lie about any conservative because of free speech. Should a conservative do it however be prepared to have the full force of the law come down on you like a brick.
More and more it appears the law is no longer for everyone. Instead, it has become a weapon by the left to oppress its opponents.
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But of course! A Kentucky judge has thrown out the $250 million Nick Sandmann libel case against the Washington Post, saying the Post was merely exercising its first amendment rights.
Everyone should understand how this works. Leftist and liberal news outlets, as well as leftist and liberal politicians and pundits, are allowed to slander and libel and lie about any conservative because of free speech. Should a conservative do it however be prepared to have the full force of the law come down on you like a brick.
More and more it appears the law is no longer for everyone. Instead, it has become a weapon by the left to oppress its opponents.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
This will be appealed and be kept alive.
Rand Simberg has been waiting for his first amendmend case to either be thrown out or go to trail for many years now.
Often, the rules for what can be said about public and private individuals is different. This was clearly a case of public people slandering a private individual, who experienced life changing damages because the media engaged in democrat party propaganda rather than journalism.
What I can’t wrap my head around is why any judge or any member of the “justice” system would side with the left.
I was shocked when I heard what this judge did. I thought Nick Sandmann had a very good case.
I first learned of this news on YouTube. Fox news channel had a video on this and an interesting thing to note is half of the viewers down voted it and half up voted. The comment section was equally divided. Previously all of the videos I saw on this topic the comments where overwhelmingly supportive of Nick Sandman. I suspect something is happening under the table here. YouTube may be manipulating their system to suppress support and exaggerate the condemning view point.
One other point I would like to make is this “news outlet“ should have at least used the term “allegedly“ before making any accusations based on this obviously unreliable witness.
I would love to see what would happen if YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, or Google got sued for suppressing free speech and this judge presided over the case.
What we are missing here (at least in part)— the actual complete text of the judge’s decision.
USAToday= Fake news.
Sandmann’s attorney (L. Lin Wood) is no slouch, he has an enviable track-record of success in precisely these type of cases.
Nick Sandmann: The Truth in 15 Minutes
L. Lin Wood PC
Feb 1, 2019
https://youtu.be/lSkpPaiUF8s
13:58
“Life, Liberty, and Levin,”
L. Lin Wood interview (excerpt)
March 10, 2019
https://youtu.be/9aUHJ6ijvL4
12:18
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan:
A Landmark Case for Free Speech [No. 86]
Professor Eugene Volokh
https://youtu.be/QeZ1mFTtn8s
3:46
” In this episode of No. 86, Professor Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law explains how New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), a landmark Supreme Court case, transformed our understanding of libel law.”
NYT Company V. Sullivan
Oral arguments January 6 & 7, 1964
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/39
From the article: “But the Eastern District of Kentucky judge ruled that Phillips, who told the media he felt threatened, had a First Amendment right to express his opinion.”
But the lawsuit was not against Phillips. It was against the Washington Post, which made no corrections or apologies when it learned the truth of the situation. Instead it continued to express the untrue version, badly defaming the boys who had been dragged into the situation by unscrupulous adults — including the press, as we learned.
Phillips has a right to express his opinion, but the press has a duty to present both sides. Because it didn’t, it has libeled these kids. This is the basis of the lawsuit, not Phillips’ bad behavior.
“Bertelsman also ruled it was irrelevant to the defamation case that “Sandmann was scorned on social media.””
This is how we know that the libel has had a deleterious effect and just how bad it was. Does this judge have any brains at all?
Where is the country that I grew up in?
My grandfather was a judge, but he served back in a time when it was an honorable profession. He specialized in probate and juveniles. I wonder what he would have said about the poor treatment that these kids received.