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controlled by extremists who refuse to faithfully interpret the constitution, and instead pretend that it really aligns with their personal policy and political perspectives (all guns for everyone for any purpose whatsoever).
11:05 AM - May 07, 2023
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a right only insofar as it allows the kind of "well-regulated Militia" that is required by a free *State* (not "free individuals," or "free citizens," but a "free State").

The only reason the Second Amendment has very recently expanded beyond this is that the Supreme Court is overrun and ...
11:04 AM - May 07, 2023
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and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

There it is. The whole thing. All of the gun nuts saying it guarantees the individual right to own any kind of gun you want -- for self-defense or hunting or whatever else -- somehow skip over the first half of the amendment, which makes clear that it is ...
11:04 AM - May 07, 2023
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this is the correct reading of the Second Amendment. It is a short amendment, and it makes crystal clear that the entire thing is in order to maintain state militias, and nothing else:

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep ...
11:03 AM - May 07, 2023
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less than eighteen inches in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument."

It is painfully obvious that ...
11:03 AM - May 07, 2023
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brought by Smartmatic or any other company/person against Fox.

I know this is not great to hear, but I just feel like people should understand that those kinds of public apology/repentance outcomes are not what civil litigation generates.

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12:52 AM - Apr 19, 2023
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is just not going to have a lot of incentive to reject an enormous settlement offer just because it wants an apology as a public service. So, Fox is very likely just going to offer Dominion enough money to go away.

It was always going to be like this, and I expect it to be like this in any case ..
12:51 AM - Apr 19, 2023
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the parties in a case like this are going to pretty much always be settling for money, with no public apology.

The reason is that the public apology and repentance would hurt Fox's business, so they don't want to do it. At the same time, it wouldn't directly help Dominion either, so Dominion ...
12:50 AM - Apr 19, 2023
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at page 136, they don't even *request* any such thing as part of their claim. Honestly, I'm not sure that requesting "a public apology" is a legitimate request for relief in a civil case.

And the incentives for ...

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20527880-dominion-v-fox-news-complaint
12:48 AM - Apr 19, 2023
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companies to be "made whole" via compensation for damages suffered due to defendant's wrongful conduct. That's it. Punishment is not usually part of the deal -- and even then, it's "punitive damages," not jail or some other kind of non-monetary punishment.

If you look at Dominion's complaint ...
12:46 AM - Apr 19, 2023
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apology and repentance from Fox should understand that this is just not how civil litigation works, and it is not designed to generate those kinds of results -- even if I would like to see it and the public would like to see it.

Civil litigation is first and foremost a means for people and ...
12:45 AM - Apr 19, 2023
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As a practical matter, it can also result in future rulings that they will not enjoy from the judge.

Judges really, really do not like being lied to.
09:55 PM - Apr 15, 2023
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Excellent!

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09:39 PM - Apr 15, 2023
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