NYT's legal team responds to Trump: Bring It On!

[kpete]

http://documents.latimes.com/read-new-york-times-response-donald-trumps-lawyers/

[Gothmog]

1. I love this letter from the NYT legal team

[thejoker123]

18. Trump walked face first into a 2x4. Letter is a thing of beauty.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. "...we welcome the opportunity th have a court set him straight."

Gotta laugh out loud for that one.

I think the NYT needs to sue tRump for his accusation that Secretary Clinton approve all thier stories.

[CincyDem]

3. BOOM. Just surgical. Good lawyers can say so much with so few words. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. As I said:

"We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram."

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/08/arkell-v-pressdram.html

[murpheeslaw]

20. A click on the link and a read is VERY worthwhile . . .

[Delmette]

25. That was awesome. +1. nt

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

26. Is that for real?

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. Absolutely - Private Eye is still going strong

It was one of the things 'Spy' magazine was modelled on. This week's cover:

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

34. Ha! Great cover.

From Hope to Grope. Way to go, GOP!

[bluesbassman]

32. My fervent hope is that the country gives Trump a collective Arkell reply on November 8th.

[0rganism]

5. ooh what fun the discovery process will be

suspect the trump team knows this as well, and last night's email was nothing more than a lame attempt at intimidation likely ordered by His Orangeness himself. it probably works well on people who don't have a legal staff and don't know their rights.

[Maven]

6. BOOM

Great letter.

[Pachamama]

7. Beautiful!!!!!

Loving this response....

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. The NYT legal team would shred them to pieces.

[Hugin]

9. "Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel." - Mark Twain.

Whoever reminded me of this quote yesterday... Thank you.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/marktwain135280.html

[underpants]

10. How crazy are things? The Old Grey Lady's lawyers typed "piece of ass" in a letter

Now THAT'S crazy

[Hugin]

13. If someone with the moniker "underpants" says it's crazy.

It's CRAZY.

I've recently lost all sense of what's sane. I'm totally adrift in a sea of unsane.

In a way... It's liberating.

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

[Brother Buzz]

15. Definitely gives McCraw bragging rights at the nineteenth hole

[charlyvi]

11. BOOM.

Trump banned Washington Post reporters from his rallies and look what they did to him. David Farenthold was unleashed. In August, he threatened to revoke the NYTs press credentials and called it a "failing paper". OOPS! As the saying goes, "never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel".

[PunksMom]

12. This made my day:)

[SCVDem]

14. Oh hell yeah!

I like it!

[onecaliberal]

16. BOOM!!!

[Stonepounder]

17. You don't often hear lawyers having SO much fun.

Last sentence in paragraph. "We decline" = "bring it on sucker"
Second paragraph. "Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on [his] reputation..." =
"you bought it, baby, now you own it!"

It is a difficult mind picture, stodgy old lawyers dancing on tabletops, and laughing like maniacs. But I picture that's what it looked like when they were drafting their 'response'.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. New York Times v. Sullivan.

A big one. NYT won it. This isn't their first rodeo; they know all about actual malice and public figures.

[Friend or Foe]

21. Me thinks that Don the Con

just got grabbed by the P***y

[longship]

22. That's nothing but an atomic level legal swirly!

The second paragraph takes Mr. Kasowitz (Esq.) back to first year law school.

I wonder if he'll keep this one in his C.V.

"we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight."

BAM!

[bucolic_frolic]

23. Absolutely devastating

He's cornered. There is no way out of this issue for him.

[Jon King]

24. Trump is used

to bullying and suing the little people and businesses. He has picked fights with the Clintons and the press. His entire organization will begin to unravel over time. His kids will be left with an inheritance but no value to the brand.

[hamsterjill]

28. Yes! Yes!!! Yes!!!!

Someone standing up to the bully. Love it! Love it! LOVE it!

"...we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight." Awesome!

[lindysalsagal]

29. On NYC radio this am: Proving intentional malice in a case like this is impossible.

You can't sue because of the words said: You have to prove that the newpaper knew it was untrue and published it only to hurt his reputation, which he, himselv, cratered.

No judge would even agree to hear this case. It would last about 20 seconds, just enough time to get everyone into the courtroom and read the accusation, and poof, gone.

[Blue Idaho]

30. It's a pity this will never see the inside of a courtroom.

This alone would go a long way towards destroying his little tinker toy empire.

[titaniumsalute]

31. Mic fucking drop

[Eleanors38]

33. "...have a court set him straight." Heh-heh.

[spanone]

35. K&R...

P.S. Please tell Mr. Trump to go fuck himself.

[DinahMoeHum]

36. Heh heh. Please proceed, Mr. Trump

[Portland_Anni]

37. Trump should thank us all for cutting the apprentice with so little aptitude for

Politics' that he is from a prime time gig in Washinton. He is unsuited for it, and it is in everyone's best interest this is done. It's not even up for debate.