You know the absolute best part of being a criminal defense attorney?
Judges who view themselves as part of the prosecution and go out of their way to help the state fuck over your client.
It's like finding yourself on a breakaway and the ref jumps up to block your shot.
Buying a politician is speech, but telling a politician to pound sand is conduct.
This is why SLAPP suits can be effective. A wealthy party can bury the little guy in so many discovery requests it can easily run into millions of dollars in fees.
It's also why businesses, institutions, and individual often settle, even when the suit is garbage.
A lot of people still don't understand movie theaters don't make their money on ticket sales.
Mulaney has a great bit about this kind of practice. His friend was sued and had to turn over years of emails as part of discovery.
I have a case right now where I'm getting three years of emails and texts from the personal devices of an HOA board.
youtube.com/shorts/PGXf9...
Cool. Guess I won't be voting for a Senator this year.
The standard for discovery is incredibly low in the US system. Generally speaking, so long as you can articulate a good faith basis for believing the target of the subpoena has relevant info, you can serve them.
Here, Trump's mindset is directly relevant to whether he intentionally incited a mob.
I think I'm going to mute "Platner" and all related terms for my own sanity.
