This is a major and still ignored story. Numerous Trump media figures and pols are mounting ruinous libel and defamation suits that are ridiculous on their face as to the law but meant to impose a shattering price in legal fees for any kind of aggressive coverage or satire. https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1107820007663251458 …
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is an attempt to reshape defamation law
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It doesn’t have to reshape defamation law if it screws with defamation practice.
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Looking forward to hearing about it from you on TPM.
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@joshtpm this would make an excellent pod.
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Happy to hear that
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Maybe you can draw a corollary between the civil-rights-chilling effects of this practice and the civil-rights-chilling effects of suing gun manufacturers.
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California has an anti-SLAAP statute. (SLAAP: Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation). Virginia has weaker anti-SLAAP protections.
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