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.
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The support of my readers through the years has given me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Four years ago, just before the 2020 election I wrote that Joe Biden's mental health was suspect. Only in this year has the propaganda mainstream media decided to recognize that basic fact.
Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Even today NASA and Congress refuse to recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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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.