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."
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>> Real life is more serious than what you did on WWE <<
Looks to me as if the “WWE universe” and “real life” are pretty much indistinguishable for some who worship at the altar of Trumpism.
Great. Is he getting money from tort lawyers? Libs would love to file frivolous lawsuits against Rush and Fox News. The first American dictator. What an ass.
Well, yes, and the dogma that genuine "truth" doesn't exist is what has taken over so many of our universities, under the moniker of post-modernism.
Moreover, the fact that so many Trump followers will disregard his numerous inconsistencies and contradictions may justify naming Trump as our first Post-Modern President.
So perhaps we should prepare for a long and slow farewell to the beautiful dream that once was America. When the Founders' views have finally been bleached from our national consciousness, the dream will be no more.
I’m voting for him, but...wow, reading things like this make me really concerned that Trump doesn’t give a crap for the Constitution and the concept of limited gov’t.
Guaranteed, if this were true, Libtards would sue everyone to the right of their beliefs, it’d be like Levin’s current battles against his exposing the global warming oligopoly.
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Agreed...look at how many Freepers idolize Vladimir Putin, a psychopathic thug like Stalin.
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His Constitution. These things shouldn't be managed by the states. The Federal government knows better, if lead "properly".
I’m actually wavering towards believing this of him...
And nothing that Trump is proposing will fix any of this. Free markets work, more laws don’t.
Snarkiness from a Cruz supporter, what a surprise /s
yes I know, you call your candidate lying ‘free speech’. your principles have evaporated like your candidate’s character.
Sure. But the second anyone puts limitations on what one side can do/say, then the other will insist on parity.
Now, think of all the well indoctrinated snowflakes at major universities and who have already graduated.
You will have to couch a weather report in careful terms to avoid offending someone, and "news" will be limited to puff pieces, again reviewed by the Ministry of Not Wanting to Offend Anyone.
Nope, no thanks, uh-uh.
The leftists have the left well-covered, the Internet and social media are a battleground, and Talk Radio is owned by the Right. Let the Market decide. We know what is nonsense, and we don't have to watch, listen (Air America, anyone? Oh, right it went teats up!), or click on the url. It is up to us. Let's keep it that way.
Donald Trump tweeted that Bob Vander Plaats got 100K speaking fee. False. Lie. Libel.
Donald Trump tweeted that Cheri Jacobus begged him for a job. False. Lie. Libel.
He’s a disgusting pig.
Our country was FOUNDED on a free press. James Livingston was a member of Washington’s Culper spy ring which saved our Republic - he was a pretend loyalist writing pretend loyalist stories.
Americans have always had papers full of craziness. Come on. This is America. Isn’t it?
The posters are over at Trumpbart frothing at the mouth over the idea of Donald Trump shutting down the newspapers.
We fight big media with alternate media. We fight in the arena but we need to keep the press free.
I don't want a smidgen of doubt in my candidate. My constitutional liberties are desperately important to me. Trump is getting old, and I think he might be crazy.
Trumpbart is cheering now, but they would be one of the first shutdown in a non-Trump administration.
Trump is just making sure that ALL media attention is on HIM this weekend.
Can you see Cruz's and Rubio's political hopes turning blue in the corner, after all the air got sucked out of the room for this weekend?
Trump is playing the media for the fools that they are. :)
I think Trump is trying to suck all the air out of the room for this weekend, AGAIN. :)
1. BIG spotlight on the lying Lefty Media [for people who like him, or want to like him], and
2. Total vacuum for the Cuban Bros this weekend.
That, and he really doesn’t like it when people don’t gush his praises.
We'll see how crazy he is on Tuesday, after the Howling Hated Media Lefties go after him ALL weekend, thus depriving the Cuban Bros of ANY needed political oxygen... :)
Mark my words. You can slam-dance me on Monday night if I’m wrong. :)
I don’t think the courts would stand for it.
The courts have long held that public figures have to prove malice to be libeled. Of course this rule appears in no law passed by the Congress or any legislature, nor in the Constitution.
They have felt it necessary in order to allow such things as political cartoons, late night monologues, etc.
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