Judge rejects Trump’s New York Times lawsuit for being ‘decidedly improper and impermissible’

[NuffSaid]

Yes I did.
He did not reject the lawsuit as the title says - he rejected their initial complaint article for being too long and overly detailed.
Which is a technicality that it therefore breaks rules.
I would love to know if long articles have happened before and the same judge said nothing. I suspect this is true.
It is a NY judge afterall.

You didn't even read the article.

"Judge Steven D. Merryday of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida"

Florida. Flor-i-duh.

 

[NuffSaid]

WTF is wrong with you? I said I read it!
I never watch Fox News. Can you say the same about CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/NBC?? Or PBS or NPR???
I bet you can't.

You didn't read it. You claimed the judge is from NY.
Right in the OP it states the judge is from Florida.

 

[DCCougar]

So, what actually happened, is he did not reject the lawsuit at all. But chose a technicality over not liking how the complaint was written.

Wow. Isn't it getting awfully wearisome continually apologizing for Trump?

What actually happened was, the judge pointed out that Trump's Complaint contained:

"...dozens of “florid and enervating” pages lavishing praise.... on the president..."​

Jeez, just like his cabinet meetings. Another Trump Production -- a scripted "reality" show. That is some kind of bizarre psychopathy for someone to have this neeeed for constantly expressed adoration.

 

[DCCougar]

Unless civil practice has changed wildly since law school, you can't sue someone for filing a frivolous suit against you. Depending on circumstances, you can move for sanctions. Judge can also impose them unilaterally.

Typically you can get your attorney fees and other costs in defending against the frivolous lawsuit. Trump has had to pay this in at least one prior suit.

 

[DCCougar]

DJT didn’t want to pay the legal fees for a competent attorney?
Cut-Rate Lawyers R Us, LLC

Well, when you extort a law firm into providing free legal services, this is what you get.

(Actually, Trump himself must have dictated much of this complaint.)

 

[NWRatCon]

Well, when you extort a law firm into providing free legal services, this is what you get.

(Actually, Trump himself must have dictated much of this complaint.)

The attorneys who filed it have made themselves vulnerable to sanctions. They have a legal obligation to comply with the rules, despite their clients wishes. That goes to the attorneys behavior.

 

[NWRatCon]

So, what actually happened, is he did not reject the lawsuit at all. But chose a technicality over not liking how the complaint was written.

No, he dismissed it with leave to refile. It's not a technicality. It's "failure to state a claim":

"The complaint is STRUCK with leave to amend within twenty-eight days." It seems you didn't read it at all.

 

[Variant]

Trump's legal team can't even properly file a ****ing civil lawsuit.

This is what happenes when a president surrounds himself with incompetent loyalists.

These lawsuits are perfomative theater for the benefit of the presidents narcissistic personality.

 

[Variant]

The attorneys who filed it have made themselves vulnerable to sanctions. They have a legal obligation to comply with the rules, despite their clients wishes. That goes to the attorneys behavior.

That's what they were hired for, real attorneys don't take jobs to make a mockery of the law.

These people are goons who expect to be paid back in money and favors.

 

[Emlee]

They don’t care how it’s written because this is the same as all the ones prior.

He only wants it to get to the point where they cave to his shake down, cave to the weight of the government and settle.

Then he can lie and boast he ‘won’ his lawsuit.

 

[Chomsky]

No, he dismissed it with leave to refile. It's not a technicality. It's "failure to state a claim":

"The complaint is STRUCK with leave to amend within twenty-eight days." It seems you didn't read it at all.

Remember, this is the same crowd that thinks a lower court ruling isn't in effect, until ratified by the Supreme Court!

 

[Roadvirus]

In a ruling dripping with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, asserting that the rambling 85-page suit did not follow federal rules for filing civil complaints.

the suit “stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8” of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

A complaint is not supposed to be “a public forum for vituperation and invective” or “a megaphone for public relations,” he said.

It's obvious, being a rant, that Trump himself wrote this complaint & his lawyers looked at it, said "Well done, sir" (to his face. In private, however...) & filed it.

 

[Roadvirus]

He hires attorneys who guarantee they will do whatever he wants, ethical or not.

Volunteering to be his legal Red Shirts.

 

[Roadvirus]

The complaint is one of the most nauseating things I've ever read. It's truly awful, the worst excuse for legal writing I've ever seen.

That's because no one with a law degree wrote it.

Trump did. His obedient legal team probably filed it with the same apprehension & stress levels as a HS Senior who puts their first of many college applications in the mail.