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To: VaeVictis
Let me guess, the public wasn’t interested enough in the case? Was there no prosecutor willing to take the case?

It was a civil case and not a criminal case so there was no prosecutor. And the judges reason for tossing the case was basically absence of malice: "But if political journalism is to achieve its constitutionally endorsed role of challenging the powerful, legal redress by a public figure must be limited to those cases where the public figure has a plausible factual basis for complaining that the mistake was made maliciously, that is, with knowledge it was false or with reckless disregard of its falsity. Here, plaintiff's complaint, even when supplemented by facts developed at an evidentiary hearing convened by the Court, fails to make that showing."

27 posted on 08/29/2017 12:45:08 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

You took my post seriously I see. It was more of a critique on the recent ludicrous rulings.... One on Hillary’s information not being released. The other on Hillary not being tried because Comey “knew” no prosecutor would do it.


29 posted on 08/29/2017 12:53:51 PM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: DoodleDawg
...where the public figure has a plausible factual basis for complaining that the mistake was made maliciously, that is, with knowledge it was false or with reckless disregard of its falsity.

Fine. Let the plaintiff make the case in front of a jury. Because the slimes did know it was false.

79 posted on 08/29/2017 5:32:07 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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