A cease and desist letter is meaningless unless Trump is willing to go to a judge for an injuction to stop the ads.
Stomping on the First Amendent as an election tactic is unbecoming.
The whole purpose of it is to get people talking about the facts of the matter at hand, and that's exactly what is happening here. LOL.
A real politician would denounce the falsehoods in the strongest terms.
FWIW, the first amendment doesn't protect defamatory speech.
I can't recall a case where a plaintiff got an injunction amounting to prior restraint of speech. Money damages after the speech, yes.
Meanwhile, he's denounced the ads as false, and obtained publicity to that effect without having to run counter-ads.
No it’s brilliant, because people will read the letter, plus these idiots at C for Growth, might actually cease.
They’re wasting a million dollars attacking Trump when the money could be used to prop someone up.
STupid. Stupidity abounds.
Stomping on the First Amendent as an election tactic is unbecoming.
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Freedom of speech is one thing, libel is another
Political ads tend to be the right to lie for or against anything. Let people say whatever and be subject to slander lawsuits.