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well done. nytpitchbot.bsky.social level of parody

Only if you lack any sense of principle

You might possibly have a point if the message was "vote for Donald Trump because he's no worse than Gavin Newsom." But the message was actually (and rather clearly, if one can read) "don't vote for anyone who does shit like that, regardless of what party you belong to."

I think the voting machine cases were good cases to bring. Bringing one as an elected is very sketchy. But my line on this is not as sharp as it used to be because the norms of serious publishers have dropped. (My background is amateur, having learned 1A law as the editor of a college paper.)

The voting machine cases were brought by private parties and poll workers! So not really within the scope of this. And I also want to account for perhaps lower-level electeds where the balance is slightly different, which is the reasoning behind "high office" in the post.

Apparently pointing out that thin-skinned, frivolous, and abusive defamation litigation from elected officials is bad from anyone is "both sidesing." I prefer to call it "principle" but 🤷‍♂️

Ari I posted something that I knew would get people to attack me and then whined about it too,

Maybe people don’t accept the premise that Newsom’s suit fits that description…? It’s political, sure, but don’t act like Trump’s strategy of suing everything that moves - law nothwithstanding - is the same as Newsom challenging Fox News’ constant lies.

"It's good when it's too support politics I agree with" is not going to help you defeat the allegations.

cause, you know, the high road is doing such a great job... there may be some good strategy reasons to file bad lawsuits to encourage better law.

That's not what the courtroom is for. But congratulations, you're the same as the people you claim to oppose.

in fact, it IS exactly what a courtroom is for- if there's lack of good statutes or caselaw on this particular point, in the jurisdiction in which Newsome filed, then a case like this triggers a response (eventually). the parties here can afford to hash it out - there's no punching down here.

Yeah hard no on this take.

Explain, please

One sues for sport and the governor is pushing back on Fox lies. It’s not complicated.

Both sideism. Awful.

I don't think you know what that means, to be quite honest.

Newsom only filed his ridiculous suit to match a suit that had no merit. It’s simple.

Not a fan of Newsom, but wasn't his case supposed to be a troll of Trump?

Even if you think that's true, why do you think that makes it not bad?