ZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoElon Musk Threatens To Sue Anti-Defamation League For X’s Lost Ad Revenuewww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down119
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minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoA private lawsuit is one that is filed by a private party (individual, company, etc.). It is very different from a criminal trial.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoit’s still based in law. the government enforces rulings. Otherwise defendents would have no reason to comply.
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s still not a criminal case. And this isn’t some kind of obscure technical point, the differences are substantial.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWould you be okay if i rephrased my post as “against the law” instead of “a crime”?
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt would still be an inaccurate and unfair characterization of the USA, which is really what bothers me.
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt implies that this sort of law is unique or peculiar to the USA, and it implies that the law is a bad thing.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOf course its a bad thing, musk isnt entitled to anyone else’s money. Like the shit with Targer where investors sued over lgbt support because people boycotted. Fuck this law.
Law is public
A private lawsuit is one that is filed by a private party (individual, company, etc.). It is very different from a criminal trial.
it’s still based in law. the government enforces rulings. Otherwise defendents would have no reason to comply.
It’s still not a criminal case. And this isn’t some kind of obscure technical point, the differences are substantial.
Would you be okay if i rephrased my post as “against the law” instead of “a crime”?
It would still be an inaccurate and unfair characterization of the USA, which is really what bothers me.
The hell is inaccurate about it now?
It implies that this sort of law is unique or peculiar to the USA, and it implies that the law is a bad thing.
Of course its a bad thing, musk isnt entitled to anyone else’s money.
Like the shit with Targer where investors sued over lgbt support because people boycotted. Fuck this law.