Post by aj2hall on Oct 5, 2022 1:52:40 GMT
Trump must feel like the wagons are circling, he's getting desperate and filing crazy lawsuits of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/04/trump-lawsuit-cnn/
One of Trump’s flimsiest lawsuits yet
That Donald Trump files frivolous lawsuits aimed at intimidating his critics and rallying his supporters is not something that’s in any legitimate dispute. Over and over, his lawsuits have failed in court — particularly when the target has been election results or media companies.
Last month, a federal judge roundly rejected another of the former president’s lawsuits — this one against Hillary Clinton — labeling it “a two-hundred-page political manifesto” rather than a serious claim. The judge also cited the “audacity of Plaintiff’s legal theories and the manner in which they clearly contravene binding case law.”
So how does Trump respond to that? Naturally, by filing another audacious, transparently political lawsuit that also seeks to disregard binding case law.
In other words, these cases turned on factual claims rather than just opinions or comparisons. Trump’s legal team, though, would like to argue that any likening of Trump and what Hitler did is illegal, even if it’s obviously offered as an opinion and even if the comparison isn’t as direct as it was in these cases.
Oh, and Trump’s legal team would like the courts to ignore Supreme Court precedent to find in their favor.
This one doesn't seem to have a lot of merit, either
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago search case
The former president asked the high court to put classified documents back into an independent review being conducted by a federal judge
Former president Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in the Mar-a-Lago documents-seizure case, saying the outside legal expert appointed to review the materials should be allowed to examine roughly 100 classified items found during the search.
Trump has chosen a third of the Supreme Court’s nine justices, a body that has moved to the right on issues dear to conservatives, such as abortion, gun rights and religion. But the court has been a disappointment to the former president on issues that pertain to him personally.
The Supreme Court in July 2020 flatly rejected Trump’s bold claims of immunity from local law enforcement and congressional investigators. It turned aside multiple challenges to the 2020 election results brought by Trump and his allies. And post-presidency, the court turned down his request to keep certain White House documents from the congressional committee investigating the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with only Thomas indicating he would support Trump’s plea.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/04/trump-lawsuit-cnn/
One of Trump’s flimsiest lawsuits yet
That Donald Trump files frivolous lawsuits aimed at intimidating his critics and rallying his supporters is not something that’s in any legitimate dispute. Over and over, his lawsuits have failed in court — particularly when the target has been election results or media companies.
Last month, a federal judge roundly rejected another of the former president’s lawsuits — this one against Hillary Clinton — labeling it “a two-hundred-page political manifesto” rather than a serious claim. The judge also cited the “audacity of Plaintiff’s legal theories and the manner in which they clearly contravene binding case law.”
So how does Trump respond to that? Naturally, by filing another audacious, transparently political lawsuit that also seeks to disregard binding case law.
In other words, these cases turned on factual claims rather than just opinions or comparisons. Trump’s legal team, though, would like to argue that any likening of Trump and what Hitler did is illegal, even if it’s obviously offered as an opinion and even if the comparison isn’t as direct as it was in these cases.
Oh, and Trump’s legal team would like the courts to ignore Supreme Court precedent to find in their favor.
This one doesn't seem to have a lot of merit, either
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago search case
The former president asked the high court to put classified documents back into an independent review being conducted by a federal judge
Former president Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in the Mar-a-Lago documents-seizure case, saying the outside legal expert appointed to review the materials should be allowed to examine roughly 100 classified items found during the search.
Trump has chosen a third of the Supreme Court’s nine justices, a body that has moved to the right on issues dear to conservatives, such as abortion, gun rights and religion. But the court has been a disappointment to the former president on issues that pertain to him personally.
The Supreme Court in July 2020 flatly rejected Trump’s bold claims of immunity from local law enforcement and congressional investigators. It turned aside multiple challenges to the 2020 election results brought by Trump and his allies. And post-presidency, the court turned down his request to keep certain White House documents from the congressional committee investigating the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with only Thomas indicating he would support Trump’s plea.