Friday, June 25, 2021

DFS getting a tamp down / aka a “bubble popping”

Dark Free Speech has finally gotten Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in actionable trouble.  His law license is being suspended with a better than good chance of being totally revoked in the not-too-distant future.  He will be allowed to have his day in court.

In a ruling released following disciplinary proceedings, the court concluded that "there is uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani, the former Manhattan US attorney, "communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump's failed effort at reelection in 2020."

Could it be the we are finally seeing some cracks in the DFS dam?  The First Amendment is a slim tightrope to walk, but I think it’s this kind of legal slap-down that can maybe make influential people think twice about spreading lies to the masses and getting away with it, scot-free.  These lies are a huge (if not total) part of all the dysfunction in U.S. politics.  They foment conspiracy theories, insurrections, unwarranted law-making (e.g., voter suppression), and even enable someone, like a Donald J. Trump, to get elected.  Not good, and continues to knock the hell out of e pluribus unum.

So, is this Giuliani thing just a fluke?  Will anything substantial come of it?  Is it just one droplet in the American ocean of DFS justice, and not of any significant importance?

What are your thoughts on the Giuliani smack-down?

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