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2022-02-15 -Land of the Free

Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin case against N.Y. Times regardless of jury verdict

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-15 02:01|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 The judge ruled on the trial's eighth day while jurors were still deliberating, and did not inform them of his plan.

Sensed a conviction was eminent did he ?

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-15 02:06|| 2022-02-15 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course. When an election can be won without voters, who needs a jury for a case?

Posted by Dron66046 2022-02-15 02:16|| 2022-02-15 02:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Total shitshow. USSA now

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-15 02:28|| 2022-02-15 02:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The 14th Amendment -

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Once again our life sitting autocrats ignore the plain language of 'the' law. You can not have two standards of law, one for public and one for private persons.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-15 07:48|| 2022-02-15 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 UniParty, Oligarchs, FB-eye, Black Lies Murder: above the law
Deplorables, ordinary whites: below the law

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-15 09:30|| 2022-02-15 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Palin's lawsuit must be dismissed because she failed to show the Times acted with "actual malice,"

Definitely not a lawyer, but isn't that the question the jury is supposed to decide? There is some lawyerly buzz floating around about how dismissing the case while still directing the jury to deliberate is not weird, no matter how weird it sounds. I don't get it.

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-15 10:19|| 2022-02-15 10:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Then the Queen of Hearts bellowed, "Sentence First! Then the verdict, and then trial by jury!"

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-15 10:22|| 2022-02-15 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Wasn't this always looking for an appeal, and does this prevent that by being dismissed?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-02-15 12:23|| 2022-02-15 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Judge Jed Rake-off...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-15 12:40|| 2022-02-15 12:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe it's best if it goes to SCOTUS with the result that SCOTUS throws Sullivan V New York Times out the the window.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-02-15 13:51|| 2022-02-15 13:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Its moot. Jury ruled against Palin.

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-02-15 18:08|| 2022-02-15 18:08|| Front Page Top

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