Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: MASSIVE BREAKING: Judge strikes down Trump's $15 Billion lawsuit against the New York Times. [View all]
MadameButterfly
(4,124 posts)64. He hasn't made a decision on substantive grounds--yet
We won't know until we know. But Trump is going way beyond what lawyers--even Republicans--are willing to do. Even Karl Rove and Ted Cruz are coming out against the Kimmel firing.
Our survival as a democracy depends not only on what the military will do, but what the judges and lawyers are willing to do. Someday things could be so corrupt that lawyers and judges can make up the law, like in Putin's Russia. But we aren't there yet. Here's hoping that judges and lawyers who spent their lives learning the law won't want to throw that all away for one guy.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
67 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
MASSIVE BREAKING: Judge strikes down Trump's $15 Billion lawsuit against the New York Times. [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2025
OP
A federal judge just sumamrily struck Trump's complaint against the New York Times, calling it, essentially, garbage.
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2025
#1
Yeah, but all he really did was tell them to shorten it. They can refile within 30 days. nt
pnwmom
Sep 2025
#18
I was disappointed because the title made me think the decision was on substantive grounds.
pnwmom
Sep 2025
#61
Yep - I know. My intention was that he was hoping for another judge who had her sense of the law...and loyalty.
CincyDem
Sep 2025
#17
Or Perhaps, an Actual Qualified Graduate of a Law School, Versus Witless Cowpie Canon
The Roux Comes First
Sep 2025
#29
He filed in the same court he had to file in last time. It's a matter of correct jurisdiction, not judge shopping.
ancianita
Sep 2025
#33
I don't know, all the more puzzling that he filed it in the same middle district he filed against the NYT last year.
ancianita
Sep 2025
#51
He won't appeal. He'll refile a 40 page complaint in place of his 85 page complaint
onenote
Sep 2025
#31
I would love to see trump appeal this ruling but it is more likely that he will refile
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2025
#43
Predictable. When trump appeals he'll get the same SCOTUS ruling he got in his 2024 suit.
ancianita
Sep 2025
#24
He'll appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, lose there, then to SCOTUS. Wasting valuable court time losing
ancianita
Sep 2025
#36
trump was never going to be deposed in this case and so he may well appeal
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2025
#45
Exactly. All the more reason to see his pattern and slap a fine on him for filing a SLAPP suit.
ancianita
Sep 2025
#50
I expect that the defendants will invoke the NY Anti-Slapp suit law against Trump.
onenote
Sep 2025
#40
Twas a stupid lawsuit without merit. DonOLD Rump should be fined $97523689532.99 for filing it !!!!!!
Trueblue1968
Sep 2025
#34
There was no fighting back. The judge ruled on his own motion. And its just a temporary ruling.
onenote
Sep 2025
#37
"When we get to pleading in my first-year Civil Procedure class, my students often ask me ..."
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2025
#44
MaddowBlog-Judge rejects Trump's case against The New York Times, tells lawyers to rewrite it
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2025
#48