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The judges also would have accepted C. Thomas Mandel.

 

Any attorney or other expert on here: What say you?

 

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Fox News Doctored Clips of Obama’s Visit to the White House to Make It Seem Like Biden Was Lost

 

Defamation is a statement that injures a third party's reputation. The tort of defamation includes both libel (written statements) and slander (spoken statements).

Elements
To prove prima facie defamation, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the person or entity who is the subject of the statement.

In The New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), the Supreme Court held that for a publicly-known figure to succeed on a defamation claims, the public-figure plaintiff must show that the false, defaming statements was said with "actual malice." The Sullivan court stated that"actual malice" means that the defendant said the defamatory statement "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." The Sullivan court also held that when the standard is actual malice, the plaintiff must prove actual malice by "clear and convincing" evidence, rather than the usual burden of proof in a civil case, which is the preponderance of the evidence standard. On this point, the precise language the Sullivan court uses is that the plaintiff must show "the convincing clarity which the constitutional standard demands."

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Could Marge be sued for libel? It's definitely "reckless disregard for the truth," which would fit "actual malice." But the three people mentioned would have to prove they suffered specific harm from Greene's statement. As elected officials who are in the public eye, "clear and convincing" defamation is a high bar to reach. The problem isn't proving Greene's an idiot. It's proving an idiot's words are being taken seriously.

And to be honest, it would only give Marge more spotlight than she deserves, which is zero f---s given.

 

This popped up all across Rupert's empire from the NY Post to the The Sun.

 

I've been thinking about libel/slander charges for her for a while. But maybe she just doesn't quite cross the line. Maybe the legal community can add a "lying" clause to this and take down every Republican who rises to prominence.
Libel/slander/lies.

 

The most disappointing aspect of Taylor Greene political career is that she will likely be re-elected.

 

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Won’t anyone think of their children?