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whining that had nothing to do with the case. I can see Trump doing that but I can't believe he is actually able to find lawyers willing to do that and put their names to it.

This means the judge isn't going to tolerate a bunch of bull and the case will not win on the merits.

And I don't trust any R-appointed judge at this point. He could also have used this decision to tell them to get their act together, so he won't seem biased when he rules eventually in their favor.

We won't know until we know. But Trump is going way beyond what lawyers--even Republicans--are willing to do. Even Karl Rove and Ted Cruz are coming out against the Kimmel firing.

Our survival as a democracy depends not only on what the military will do, but what the judges and lawyers are willing to do. Someday things could be so corrupt that lawyers and judges can make up the law, like in Putin's Russia. But we aren't there yet. Here's hoping that judges and lawyers who spent their lives learning the law won't want to throw that all away for one guy.

You can probably find someone to do almost anything.

Instead he got a Bush appointee with an awareness of what is…and is not…the law.

He's filed suits in both the Southern and Middle Districts - why was this one filed in the Middle District?

Maybe a lawyer on DU knows.

Read it

Judge says US president’s complaint that the newspaper is ‘spreading false content’ about him violates federal rule

Judge strikes down Trump’s bn lawsuit against the New York Times

— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2025-09-19T16:19:37Z

He will go judge shopping until he finds another Loose Cannon.

And he''ll include attachments that aren't included in the 40 page limit in order to restate the nonsense the judge said had no place in the complaint itself.

I suspect that trump will be upset at this ruling and may try to go to the 11th Circuit and then to SCOTUS. This will delay the proceedings for a long while which may be what trump wants. This case was filed for publicity and would have been dismissed if trump was going to be deposed. An appeal will keep the publicity up and avoid a deposition

And if he continues to fail to comply with Rule 8 the case can be dismissed with prejudice. Rule 41 says:

Involuntary Dismissal; Effect. If the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with these rules or a court order, a defendant may move to dismiss the action or any claim against it. Unless the dismissal order states otherwise, a dismissal under this subdivision (b) and any dismissal not under this rule—except one for lack of jurisdiction, improper venue, or failure to join a party under Rule 19 —operates as an adjudication on the merits.

What is that saying about pigeons playing chess?

Rec

Was looking forward to discovery into all the allegations included in the filed lawsuit!

trump will NOT be able to let go of this.

the Times will undoubtedly go after him for a frivolous lawsuit and he will have to pay their lawyers' fees.

of this man and the administration steep downhill losing streak in courts public opinion etc began with the texas redistricting and california retaliated with their own. That to me was when his presidency was legislatively over.

and I hope you are right

The filing was not how it should be, the poster said it should be brief and concise

and he/she said it would be tossed

BRAVO

The Discovery phase might have been fun.

Calling it “decidedly improper and impermissible,” Judge Steven D. Merryday lambasted the 85-page complaint and said it could not stand.

Judge strikes down Trump’s billion suit against the New York Times

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

— JJ's Bucket Hat (not Rodney) (@mrtriskaideka.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T16:30:10.810Z

That means he did it on his own motion; the Times didn’t move to strike. The judge (and the pleading Rule) was so offended by this garbage he struck it down on his own. I don’t ever remember seeing that before.

that was quick!

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-19T16:22:24.849Z

just like he did a similar suit in 2024. He should be fined for filing what amounts to a SLAPP suit.

This case was filed for publicity and was never going to go to trial if trump was going to be deposed. If this was a real case that was going to go to trial, trump would replead. An appeal may get trump a chance to show his hurt feelings and get more publicity without risking a deposition

See post #31.
This is not unlike the Newsmax case vs Fox that was dismissed without prejudice for being a procedurally improper complaint. Some DUers were predicting Newsmax would appeal -- but as some of us predicted, they did no such thing. They simply found a way to refile the complaint that avoided the procedural issue that got it dismissed.

If he wants this lawsuit to proceed, his lawyers will have to comply with the requirements of Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as the judge ordered, or it will be dismissed for good - and if the reevised complaint is still a pile of crap the lawyers will probably be sanctioned.

from court filings?? It has to be soon..?! Filing frivolous lawsuits that are dismissed means you are just using the courts to harass people. I thought there was a way to stop these types of harassers.

Why indeed not - he meets all the criteria.

Aren't there "slapp suit" laws or some-such?

After Trump re-files his complaint.

The reason the Times hadn't already invoked the anti-SLAPP suit law is that the complaint was only filed four days ago and they were probably still working on their response, which wouldn't be due until mid-October.

and if you and I did it, we'd get that slap. How he's gotten this far is utterly ridiculous and most likely based on the fact that he occupies the office of the presidency.

and it should be. It shows what happens when you fight back.

Trump has a window to re-file a more condensed (40 page limit) of his 85 complaint. Moreover, attachments to the complaint don't count against the 40 page limit so don't be surprised if a lot of the material dropped from the main complaint finds its way into attachments.

So not really that big a deal.

They have no shame and just want to take over everything in the US an are well on their way to doing just that - sickening as that is!!

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When we get to pleading in my first-year Civil Procedure class, my students often ask me just how over the top a complaint would have to be for a judge to strike it without even being *asked* to do so.

Thanks to President Trump, we have an answer:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T17:22:38.624Z

The Times will still fold like these other a-holes .

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Like a teacher telling a student to redo his homework, a federal court told the president’s lawyers to file a less ridiculous document.

We’re gonna need a bigger bottle of ketchup. Judge rejects Trump’s case against The New York Times, tells lawyers to rewrite it www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— (@hairgae.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T16:36:39.308Z

at the irony of this shit show lawsuit.

starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, which had a Scotsman who liked to sue anyone for anything, no matter how ridiculous the reason was. Trump is like that Scotsman.

Chump has 30 days to rewrite his complaint and present it to the court in standard format.
If it's over 40 pages, then the Judge will send it back again for another rewrite.