More Libel Law Bluster - WSJ Editorial
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But on Mr. Trump’s comments, we associate ourselves, to our astonishment, with Brian Hauss, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, who issued the following statement Wednesday: “President Trump’s threat to revise our country’s libel laws is, frankly, not credible. There is no federal libel law, and the president does not have the authority to change state libel laws. Furthermore, the First Amendment provides strong protections against libel liability, particularly with respect to statements about public figures or matters of public concern. Whatever President Trump might think, he has no power to override these constitutional protections.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-libel-law-bluster-1515629801
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but, like most conservative, finally accepted him for following the policies that they like - giving corporations a break.
They are very much against their stand on immigration and realize how dangerous he is, otherwise.
