In regards to the libel law, Donald Trump has gone on record plenty of times saying he would like to make it easier for a famous person like John Podesta or Donald Trump to sue people.
One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws.
As we just talked about public figures can already sue people for false statements if they are made with actual malice. You can't sue anyone for writing something negative about you. Negative articles are not libel.
This wouldn't be limited to the big media. Melania Trump has a filed a defamation lawsuit again the Daily Mail and US blogger who runs tarpley.net. (Briefing looking at an article, her case might be strong enough to meet the actual malice hurdle.) Weakening libel laws would have the effect giving rich people an advantage, would you retract your statement or pay 30K to lawyer to fight your case if you were sued?
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In regards to the libel law, Donald Trump has gone on record plenty of times saying he would like to make it easier for a famous person like John Podesta or Donald Trump to sue people.
As we just talked about public figures can already sue people for false statements if they are made with actual malice. You can't sue anyone for writing something negative about you. Negative articles are not libel.
This wouldn't be limited to the big media. Melania Trump has a filed a defamation lawsuit again the Daily Mail and US blogger who runs tarpley.net. (Briefing looking at an article, her case might be strong enough to meet the actual malice hurdle.) Weakening libel laws would have the effect giving rich people an advantage, would you retract your statement or pay 30K to lawyer to fight your case if you were sued?