2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’
'Alarmed by Donald J. Trumps record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trumps litigation history. The report concluded that Mr. Trump was a libel bully who had filed many meritless suits attacking his opponents and had never won in court.
But the bar association refused to publish the report, citing the risk of the A.B.A. being sued by Mr. Trump.
David J. Bodney, a former chairman of the media-law committee, said he was baffled by the bar associations interference in the committees journal.
It is more than a little ironic, he said, that a publication dedicated to the exploration of First Amendment issues is subjected to censorship when it seeks to publish an article about threats to free speech.
In internal communications, the bar associations leadership, including its general counsels office and public relations staff, did not appear to dispute the reports conclusions.
But James Dimos, the associations deputy executive director, objected to the term libel bully and other sharp language in the report,'>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/us/politics/donald-trump-lawsuits-american-bar-association.html?
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Yep, that is Donald.
Also he likes Blackmailing people or their lawyers!!!
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)which makes it all but impossible to file frivilous lawsuits.
gilpo
(708 posts)sigh