[Lucretia Borgia]

It occurs to me to wonder: once she’s gone back to being a private citizen, does this mean that when Tina Fey does an insulting impression of her, or David Letterman tells a “joke” about raping her daughter, or Playboy publishes a “joke” about raping her, it’s no longer something she has to put up with but now something she can sue over?

[silverleaf]

I HOPE SO.

Defamation of character....recourse against malicious court filings...and counter suits for damages. I’d like to see that fat DNC operative blogger in Alaska pay court costs for every baseless suit she files and loses.

[Kleon]

"It occurs to me to wonder: once she’s gone back to being a private citizen, does this mean that when Tina Fey does an insulting impression of her, or David Letterman tells a “joke” about raping her daughter, or Playboy publishes a “joke” about raping her, it’s no longer something she has to put up with but now something she can sue over?"

It changes nothing. Holding public office has never been a requirement for being a public figure.