District Attorney Fani Willis has opened up a website to sell merch, particularly on "Fani Friday." You too can have your very own Fani T. Willis fan club t-shirt.
In The Florida Star v. B. J. F, 491 U.S. 524, 526 (1989), a rape victim sued a newspaper for printing her name, arguing that it violated a Florida law protecting her privacy.
Even though the name of a rape victim is substantially less newsworthy than the name of a public official, the Supreme Court of the United States said that publishing that name was protected by the First Amendment.
When you say we don't have "jurisdiction" over them you have to come up with some tortured definition where if you can imagine a law does not apply to illegal immigrants (or people here on a visa), that means no jurisidiction.
But one problem with that is that children are also exempt from many laws, adult criminal responsibility, the draft, etcetera, and yet no one would argue that they aren't subject to American jurisdiction.
A quick and dirty explanation for why Shannon Stillwell was acquitted of the murder of Shymel Drinks in the YSL case (in my view).
1. The victim was killed with a .40 caliber, and there was no evidence that Stillwell ever owned a .40.
The gang "expert," Viverito, tried to claim that she recognized the bottom of a Glock 27c in a video that Stillwell posted on social media, but she has no special expertise or training with firearms, and her whole basis is that she held one, once, at a gun store.
2. The State claimed that Stillwell shot the victim from a rental car as he pulled up alongside him at a light. But even though investigators carefully swabbed the car, they did not find any gunshot residue inside of it. It would be difficult to completely scrub the car.
I want to talk for a minute about a very good, bipartisan bill that you should support: the SLAPP protection act.
A SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a weak defamation suit that you file, not to win the case, but to impose litigation costs. /1
So for instance, let's say you go to a restaurant and have a terrible experience. You write a review describing your experience, and the restaurant sues you. Now, you have to pay a lawyer 300 dollars an hour, or take your review down and apologize. /2
Or, let's say you say something critical about a public figure in your area. Maybe you think the mayor of your town is corrupt (statistically you're probably right). Now that is a protected opinion.
But if he sues you, are you gonna spend the money to stick to your guns? /3
The dude is giving these half assed apologies about how his dog isn't scary and won't hurt my kid. Which the dog has already fucking done.
My wife, always calm, gave the man a thorough talking to.
In my view, if your dog is off leash and running around, unless it's escaped from an enclosure for a reason beyond your control, there should be a substantial fine. If it keeps happening, you are not someone who should own a dog.