OA742: Twitter Can’t Violate the First Amendment, But Fox Can Definitely Defame a Gov’t Official

In light of Linda Yaccarino being named CEO of Twitter, Liz and Andrew break down Trumpworld’s never-ending lawsuits against social media, and yet another defamation suit against Fox News, this one by Nina Jankowicz.

Happy Mother’s Day!

For the Patreon bonus, we discuss beer, the Superbowl, and Rule 62.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, because of course we do.

Notes
OA 551
https://openargs.com/oa551-trump-may-out-of-office-but-his-federal-judges-are-not/

Donato dismissal Trump v. Twitter
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.387133/gov.uscourts.cand.387133.165.0_6.pdf

Trump v. Twitter, Motion for Indicative Ruling
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.387133/gov.uscourts.cand.387133.191.0.pdf

FRCP 62.1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_62.1

Jankowicz federal docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67365497/jankowicz-v-fox-news-network-llc/

Jankowicz complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23809394-jankowicz-v-fox-complaint

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