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Ari Cohn
@aricohn.com

Whether it's Gavin Newsom or Donald Trump, the surest sign that someone is unfit for high elected office is their willingness to file defamation lawsuits once they are in it. Never vote for people like that.

chrisvls.bsky.social
@chrisvls.bsky.social

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.)

Ari Cohn
@aricohn.com

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.

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chrisvls.bsky.social
@chrisvls.bsky.social

Ah, I had missed the news about the orange one's suit. Fair enough, I can't imagine I'd ever support a suit from a president. My feelings about other officials, even governors, though has really shifted. It's not clear democracy can survive a marketplace of ideas that is this dysfunctional.