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Picked up a bit of familiarity with the Texas anti-SLAPP statute over the summer. I don't know if this is enough to explain Harder's choice, but the Texas statute (at the time of Clifford's suit) doesn't just bring a fees award, it also includes mandatory sanctions. And, of course, the Texas choice ...

Yeah, it's old news. But the President's conduct throughout the Eddie Galagher thing has definitely not marked a high point in military-civilian relations. It's sometimes good for the military to be reminded that they're not in charge - but not so much when the reminders are coming in the form of a...

Yeah, it's old news. But the President's conduct throughout the Eddie Galagher thing has definitely not marked a high point in military-civilian relations. It's sometimes good for the military to be reminded that they're not in charge - but not so much when the reminders are coming in the form of as...

I think Suranis' point is pretty much on the money. Corbyn's prevarication over Brexit is hurting Labour - they're losing votes to Lib Dems, who have staked out a firm remain position. The problem is that they're not losing enough votes to swing seats to Lib Dem, they're losing enough to swing those...

When I saw the subject for the thread I was expecting more Brexit stuff.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/family-kids-car-estranged-husband-kills-mother-67376601 Family: 3 kids in car when estranged husband kills mother A woman who was fatally shot by her estranged husband in an elementary school parking lot had been sitting in the minivan with her mother and her thr...

Jeffrey wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:56 am

Is there a standard of evidence? Because the R talking point is that you need high definition video and audio of the President offering to release the aid in exchange for the investigation.

Conveniently for everyone, the standard is whatever each individual Senator decides it is.

pipistrelle wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:13 am

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pipistrelle wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:44 pm

Erm . . . that map doesn't show how many seats for Alaska and Hawaii.

It does show them. look under California and the the left of Texas.

It shows them as not changing but doesn't show how many seats they have, unlike the other states that have numbers.

1 for AK; 2 for HI.

We are, in point of fact, well and truly screwed.

Same. I was fairly sure that Roberts doesn't want firearms cases in front of the court - there's enough of a trail of cert denieds since Heller to make that clear - but I'm kind of surprised that he managed to keep at least one of the other four in that camp. I thought Kennedy was the one voting wit...

With apologies to my British friends -

There's clearly no withdrawal plan available that everyone can agree to. At some point someone is seriously going to have to make a decision. This can't go on forever like this.

Clinton's remarks were an unforced error.

My current prediction: EU refuses extension, enough - just enough - MPs decide that Johnson's deal is better than no deal, it passes sometime on the 29th or 30th. I'd very much like to be wrong, but I can't see things going any other way. Labour's been mixed on Brexit since the start, and the lack o...

Yeah, well, stuff keeps happening. Spent a fair amount of time I was going to be working on that paper helping out some folks on the receiving end of a SLAPP - until some of us showed up on twitter, the only 'legal' commentary was coming from a failed lawyer-turned-youtuber who is a major asshole an...

As of right now, the politicalness of speech is insufficiently considered in fair use analysis, IMO. And I think that we should really start to put thought into important questions like whether it's good to allow creators to decide whether or not they're cool with meme use based entirely on what th...

neeneko wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:09 pm

I wonder, could something like SLAPP could apply here?

If an action was filed in the right state,* or if choice of law principles could bring the right state law into play? You bet your ass.


*right state from the defense perspective, that is.

Kendra wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:13 pm

I don't officially Twitter. Can someone who does see who the followers are?

At this point, probably won't show much that's useful - I think a lot of them are new followers (eg at least 2 CNN reporters.)

Took me a while, and I'm glad there's still time before the primaries, but I've definitely moved toward Warren. Not saying I'm locked in yet, but right now there's nobody in the field I like more.

You suspect a left/right driving confusion Mike? It's easily done, especially if there's little traffic around to guide one. At first when you switch to the left you're very careful as your brain screams "danger! danger! danger!" all the time as so many inputs feel wrong: car tipped slightly down t...

https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1181586512766525440?s=19 I've been to that base quite a few times - it was the nearest to where we lived for a couple of years. Leaving the base, if you're turning right, going toward Oxford, it's pretty hard to wind up on the wrong side of the road. Turning ...

Hand held boom box, top volume playing "You're 16" by Ringo Starr as you hand out "Rumors Wohl/Burkman of child molestation go to www.jakeandjackloveshack.com for details" along with a picture of them photoshpped in front of a playground full of kids. No car to tow, stay on public access, steal ALL...

Yup. Terrible decision, but sometimes that's how the ball bounces.

Yeah, he's way over the line. Question is whether it will make any difference given where that sits in relation to his 986,321 other pending legal and professional responsibility issues.

Also, there are a lot of people - particularly in institutions like the National Security Council - who are career personnel on loan from various agencies (ie "deep staters"). Regardless of their personal political beliefs, they tend to have both the inclination and incentive to comply with applicab...