Maybe this will piss off NewsMax enough that they decide to do a little ACTUAL reporting on Canon, Trump, Fox, and the corruption that lies barely under the surface.

if they clean it up.

But these are a group of loons who only hire loon lawyers like a Pirro, to attempt to argue a case.

Also, when the the initial pleading (the "complaint" ) is deemed to be vague or improperly structured, the plaintiff has the right to file an amended compliant within a set period of time after the vagueness or structuring issue is raised.

NewsMax doing actual reporting? I think the charter they exist under forbids such gross anti-MAGA behavior.

Hasn't reported on a story it could distort and outright lie about, at least since Roger Ailes -- may the his fat and diseased soul burn forever in Hell -- arrived to wrest the network from its boring mediocrity by introducing lying as its major product. Oh, and rampant sexism.

I guess I'll have to wait for the Epstein files now.

Newsmaga will find another maga way to keep this going. Whether it's in the legal system or smearing their waste on the walls at Fox headquarters, something tells me this might not be over.

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the New York Giants suing the Yankees in 1956 for winning more championships and drawing more fans, even though they're right across the Harlem River.

The Eleventh Circuit, which is the circuit in which Cannon's court is located, is notable for having actively policed shotgun pleadings and has a well-developed body of law addressing these filings. The most common form of shotgun pleading it has identified as improper under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is a complaint "where each count adopts the allegations of the preceding counts until a final count combines all prior allegations."

In short, Cannon's ruling was totally predictable in light of Eleventh Circuit precedent and could/should have been avoided had Newmax's attorneys not screwed up.

She knows that when she's eventually removed from the federal bench for corruption and incompetence getting a show on Fox News will be much higher paying than one on Newsmax.

She knew that if she didn't dismiss the complaint on her own, Fox would move to dismiss it and if she didn't, the 11th Circuit would reverse her decision because 11th Circuit precedent makes it clear the complaint was defective. So she dismissed it on her own motion, without prejudice, giving Newsmax until the 11th to refile a properly constructed complaint.

In short, she kept the case moving faster than might otherwise have been the case -- doing Fox no favors in the process.