Smitty
DCC 4Life
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Yeah when these things are political in nature there' no forum free from bias, sadly.Geng, since you're here and I don't think I've asked about this, how were they able to force liquidation of his company because of what he said about Sandy Hook in the first place? I'm no expert on the details, but from what I've seen you just file the case in a jurisdiction that hates you, get a sympathetic judge and jury, and there's not much recourse if the appeals court doesn't overturn it.
But no matter what you think, it seems like a total violation of the first amendment for a court to eradicate someone's company and livelihood over what they say on the radio, no matter how dumb.
@Cowboysrock55, chime in also.
You'll end up in a conservative district that will favor you or a liberal one that will punish you. It's the same thing with the Trump huge civil penalties for "misvaluing" his properties in NY. Every developer in the state ran to his defense to say "There's no victim, this is how things are done," and it didn't matter to the plaintiff, judge or jury.
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The parents of the Sandy Hook kids sued him for defamation in Connecticut and received a judgment of $1.4 billion. Seems completely reasonable, eh?
How do they force the liquidation? You can force someone who owes you money into bankruptcy. Alex Jones had assets, they can be liquidated to pay his debts. The problem is that the debt he owed was a sham. A political shoehorning to punish him.
I'm not disputing that he said some hurtful things but the judgment amount was absurd and unjustifiable.