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		By: mx		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 06:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has been reported that Donald Trump has been involved in over 150 federal lawsuits in the course of his career, many are utterly frivolous (I&#039;m not sure whether this counts his numerous threats of suits that he never files). While it&#039;s reasonable to expect some litigation when running a large enough company for so many years, it&#039;s hard to believe that you aren&#039;t doing it wrong if you find the need to run to court that often. It would seem that he is the poster child of &quot;Overlawyered.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been reported that Donald Trump has been involved in over 150 federal lawsuits in the course of his career, many are utterly frivolous (I&#8217;m not sure whether this counts his numerous threats of suits that he never files). While it&#8217;s reasonable to expect some litigation when running a large enough company for so many years, it&#8217;s hard to believe that you aren&#8217;t doing it wrong if you find the need to run to court that often. It would seem that he is the poster child of &#8220;Overlawyered.&#8221;</p>
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		By: Schwifty		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2016 23:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333717&quot;&gt;Hugo S Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;.

I was very respectful, I did not call anyone a name.  I simply pointed out how the left is trying to shut down speech they do not like, and that Donald will bring a much needed change in tone.  What was &quot;argumentative&quot; and &quot;obnoxious&quot; about my asserting that Donald Trump will be better for the First Amendment than any other candidate?  All you have is insults.  Keep hiding behind your screen.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333717">Hugo S Cunningham</a>.</p>
<p>I was very respectful, I did not call anyone a name.  I simply pointed out how the left is trying to shut down speech they do not like, and that Donald will bring a much needed change in tone.  What was &#8220;argumentative&#8221; and &#8220;obnoxious&#8221; about my asserting that Donald Trump will be better for the First Amendment than any other candidate?  All you have is insults.  Keep hiding behind your screen.</p>
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		By: Schwifty		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Schwifty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2016 23:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333743&quot;&gt;gitarcar&lt;/a&gt;.

The school (which is the government) ratified the conduct of the students.  Further, the dean told the speaker he could not come to campus to give his speech, in violation of the First Amendment. 

I am not defending every Trump lawsuit.  But in the week or so since this post, there have been three violent assaults on Trump supporters, and rioters (backed by communist Bernie Sanders) shut down Trump&#039;s Chicago rally.  

Trump will be better for the First Amendment than any of the other candidates, by a wide margin.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333743">gitarcar</a>.</p>
<p>The school (which is the government) ratified the conduct of the students.  Further, the dean told the speaker he could not come to campus to give his speech, in violation of the First Amendment. </p>
<p>I am not defending every Trump lawsuit.  But in the week or so since this post, there have been three violent assaults on Trump supporters, and rioters (backed by communist Bernie Sanders) shut down Trump&#8217;s Chicago rally.  </p>
<p>Trump will be better for the First Amendment than any of the other candidates, by a wide margin.</p>
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		By: What Can Journalists Expect Under a Trump Presidency &#8211; Elementary Politics		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[What Can Journalists Expect Under a Trump Presidency &#8211; Elementary Politics]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2016 03:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		By: “I did it to make his life miserable, which I’m happy about.” - Overlawyered		</title>
		<link>https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-334015</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[“I did it to make his life miserable, which I’m happy about.” - Overlawyered]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] recently as two weeks ago we covered Republican front-runner Donald Trump&#8217;s pattern of suing his critics. But the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		By: gitarcar		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333714&quot;&gt;Schwifty&lt;/a&gt;.

Schwifty,

I am sorry if you took a factual statement on facts vs opinions as an insult.  

As for the Cal State incident, once again neither the government nor the police assaulted or touched Shapiro. The videos you want me to watch and even Shapiro&#039;s own article never make that claim.  Students are not the government.

But as this thread is about Trump&#039;s use of litigation to silence or force people to do what he wants, it should be noted that Trump lied in the last debate when he claimed most of the lawsuit concerning Trump University had been dismissed.  It has not.  

Furthermore, I hope you will take the time to look at Trump&#039;s lawsuit against Palm Beach in the mid-2000s.  Stung by a legally enacted regulation over the height of a flag pole, Trump sued the city and nearly bankrupted it.  Trump once again showed the desire to use litigation to overrule laws and regulations, as well as harm a city over a flag pole.  Eventually, Trump and the city settled, but the suit shows that Trump will sue to get what he wants at the costs of thousands of actual citizens of a town, as well as sue those who disagree with him.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333714">Schwifty</a>.</p>
<p>Schwifty,</p>
<p>I am sorry if you took a factual statement on facts vs opinions as an insult.  </p>
<p>As for the Cal State incident, once again neither the government nor the police assaulted or touched Shapiro. The videos you want me to watch and even Shapiro&#8217;s own article never make that claim.  Students are not the government.</p>
<p>But as this thread is about Trump&#8217;s use of litigation to silence or force people to do what he wants, it should be noted that Trump lied in the last debate when he claimed most of the lawsuit concerning Trump University had been dismissed.  It has not.  </p>
<p>Furthermore, I hope you will take the time to look at Trump&#8217;s lawsuit against Palm Beach in the mid-2000s.  Stung by a legally enacted regulation over the height of a flag pole, Trump sued the city and nearly bankrupted it.  Trump once again showed the desire to use litigation to overrule laws and regulations, as well as harm a city over a flag pole.  Eventually, Trump and the city settled, but the suit shows that Trump will sue to get what he wants at the costs of thousands of actual citizens of a town, as well as sue those who disagree with him.</p>
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		By: Walter Olson		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Walter Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This thread has indeed grown contentious and has also strayed a fair distance away from its original post. Further comments, if any, should be on topic and avoid dealing in personalities of other commenters, especially when they are identifiable persons. Legal and policy discussions inevitably touch on politics in an election year, but ours is not a venue well suited to general political debate (and there are thousands of other venues better suited to that function).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This thread has indeed grown contentious and has also strayed a fair distance away from its original post. Further comments, if any, should be on topic and avoid dealing in personalities of other commenters, especially when they are identifiable persons. Legal and policy discussions inevitably touch on politics in an election year, but ours is not a venue well suited to general political debate (and there are thousands of other venues better suited to that function).</p>
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		By: Hugo S Cunningham		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 04:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been following this blog for several years and I have never seen such an argumentative and obnoxious poster here as &quot;Schwifty.&quot;

Will that be the new standard under President Trump?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been following this blog for several years and I have never seen such an argumentative and obnoxious poster here as &#8220;Schwifty.&#8221;</p>
<p>Will that be the new standard under President Trump?</p>
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		By: Schwifty		</title>
		<link>https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333715</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Schwifty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 04:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333644&quot;&gt;Ron Miller&lt;/a&gt;.

&#062;&quot;The idea that a lawsuit against CNN and Jake Tapper would not be frivolous is a stunning statement to me.&quot;

Heh, nice insult.  

&#062;&quot;You are lawyer?&quot;

I already stated in my original post that I am licensed to practice law.  Is this an attempt at trolling.  Is this how you interact with opposing counsel?   You should apologize. 

Trump said he did not know about the endorsement.  The media then spun that as &quot;Trump supports the KKK,&quot; which was obviously not true. Donald Trump cannot control who supports him.  The lying media did the same thing to Reagan in 1980 and Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012. 

&#062;&quot;Your Ben Shapiro spin is interesting. So you think the government physically attacked him for his views?&quot;

Go watch the videos he posted in his article covering the incident.  He himself is also claiming there were assaults.  

&#062;&quot;You say you are longtime reader of this blog? What exactly do you like about it that brings you back?&quot; 

Let me answer that by asking you this:  What prompted you to respond to my defense of Donald Trump as a defender of free speech rather than a menace to it, with insults?  

Hey, you aren&#039;t this guy, are you? http://www.marylandinjurylawyerblog.com/ron-miller]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333644">Ron Miller</a>.</p>
<p>&gt;&#8221;The idea that a lawsuit against CNN and Jake Tapper would not be frivolous is a stunning statement to me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Heh, nice insult.  </p>
<p>&gt;&#8221;You are lawyer?&#8221;</p>
<p>I already stated in my original post that I am licensed to practice law.  Is this an attempt at trolling.  Is this how you interact with opposing counsel?   You should apologize. </p>
<p>Trump said he did not know about the endorsement.  The media then spun that as &#8220;Trump supports the KKK,&#8221; which was obviously not true. Donald Trump cannot control who supports him.  The lying media did the same thing to Reagan in 1980 and Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012. </p>
<p>&gt;&#8221;Your Ben Shapiro spin is interesting. So you think the government physically attacked him for his views?&#8221;</p>
<p>Go watch the videos he posted in his article covering the incident.  He himself is also claiming there were assaults.  </p>
<p>&gt;&#8221;You say you are longtime reader of this blog? What exactly do you like about it that brings you back?&#8221; </p>
<p>Let me answer that by asking you this:  What prompted you to respond to my defense of Donald Trump as a defender of free speech rather than a menace to it, with insults?  </p>
<p>Hey, you aren&#8217;t this guy, are you? <a href="http://www.marylandinjurylawyerblog.com/ron-miller" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.marylandinjurylawyerblog.com/ron-miller</a></p>
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		By: Schwifty		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Schwifty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 04:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333643&quot;&gt;gitarcarver&lt;/a&gt;.

Again, this is why I personally back Trump.  I responded with a very respectful statement, and you come out and insult me.  

Go back and read what you quoted: 

&quot;I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don’t know. I don’t know.&quot; 

He&#039;s saying he did not know about the endorsement.  The media then spun that as &quot;Trump supports the KKK,&quot; which was obviously not true. Donald Trump cannot control who supports him.  The lying media did the same thing to Reagan in 1980 and Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012. 

Furthermore, I never stated the police assaulted Shapiro.  I said the government did.  The government entity in question is CSU Los Angeles.  

Here is the article where he details what happened: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/27/fascist-american-universities-2016-notes-from-cal-state-los-angeles/

If you watch the video, people are putting their hands on him.  That is assault.  

Several others were also assualted.  

Also, please comment on the screengrab of a left-wing student&#039;s Instragram feed wherein the student complains about &quot;whites&quot; on campus who wanted to hear Shapiro speak.  Who is the real racist here?  

Also, Shapio&#039;s non-support of Trump is not relevant.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/trump-libel-law/comment-page-1/#comment-333643">gitarcarver</a>.</p>
<p>Again, this is why I personally back Trump.  I responded with a very respectful statement, and you come out and insult me.  </p>
<p>Go back and read what you quoted: </p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don’t know. I don’t know.&#8221; </p>
<p>He&#8217;s saying he did not know about the endorsement.  The media then spun that as &#8220;Trump supports the KKK,&#8221; which was obviously not true. Donald Trump cannot control who supports him.  The lying media did the same thing to Reagan in 1980 and Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012. </p>
<p>Furthermore, I never stated the police assaulted Shapiro.  I said the government did.  The government entity in question is CSU Los Angeles.  </p>
<p>Here is the article where he details what happened: <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/27/fascist-american-universities-2016-notes-from-cal-state-los-angeles/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/27/fascist-american-universities-2016-notes-from-cal-state-los-angeles/</a></p>
<p>If you watch the video, people are putting their hands on him.  That is assault.  </p>
<p>Several others were also assualted.  </p>
<p>Also, please comment on the screengrab of a left-wing student&#8217;s Instragram feed wherein the student complains about &#8220;whites&#8221; on campus who wanted to hear Shapiro speak.  Who is the real racist here?  </p>
<p>Also, Shapio&#8217;s non-support of Trump is not relevant.</p>
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