Posted on 02/26/2016 12:41:29 PM PST by ConservativeTeen
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday vowed to "open up" libel laws in order to sue media outlets that write "purposely negative" and "horrible" articles about him.
"I’m gonna open up our libel laws, so when they write purposely negative and horrible, false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money," Trump said at a rally in Fort Worth, Texas.
"We’re going to open up those libels laws," he added. "So that when The New York Times writes a hit piece, which is a total disgrace, or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Regardless of whether the Senate Republicans have the minimal balls necessary to block Obama’s replacement for Scalia, there are still three Justices left on the Court who are over the age of 80.
The next President will determine the direction of the Supreme Court for the next 30 years. Either we are going to have a far left-wing oligarchy legislating from the bench for another generation, or we will not.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Good, newspapers that don’t exhibit any signs of journalism and instead are actually activist corporations that print pamplets, then they should be open to libel.
And here he is topping himself 48 hours later.
you beat me by a second
Actually you can, it's called libel. Newspaper political activists writing opinion pieces under the guise of journalism actual do not deserve the protections that journalists might actually earn.
I think it’s okay to sue liars, even if they are in the media. If someone knowingly, criminally slanders someone, then I don’t really care if the slandered person is a public figure or not.
So you don’t like free speech. Are you opposed to the 2nd amendment too?
Opinion is exactly what the First Amendment was intended to protect.
Look up John Peter Zenger (from my home area, BTW) and get back to me.
Sure they can. They just have a higher hurdle than the rest of us.
I don’t know if this is right or wrong. We do not now have a free press (although many go along willingly), nor do we have a responsible press - not by a long shot.
The public school system and big media shoulder 90% of why we’re in the situation we find ourselves. There is no denying that.
Mr. Trump is correct in principle, there should be consequences for deliberate lying and misrepresenting the facts.
I will not read your crap because you did not fix the Freeper glitch.
As long as it's not libelous.
“Holy crap, Trump fans can’t bring themselves to criticize him even when he says he is going to restrict political speech to protect his fragile ego. This is nuts.”
They are in a hope n change daze like 2008.
What, I Republican fighting back against the mainstream media? That’s unheard of. Must be illegal.
Go Trump!
The media is the enemy and the main problem.
I didn’t know the media couldn’t be sued for libel. no wonder they destroy unfairlyy with inpunity printing lies to unfairly destroy good people.
why shouldn’t the media be allowed to be sued . why do these marxists have more rights than anyone else. anyone can be sued that libels you so also the media as they are the main problem anyeay.
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