The real crime is clogging the courts with this BS.
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026
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I just dont get how weak the US justice system is. You can sue for literally anything. It's like no law is upholded unless you have lawyers.
It's like no law is upholded unless you have lawyers.
That's the entire idea of what has been lobbied and constructed over generations. The wealthy have access to infinite appeals, have their crimes categorized as "white collar" so they might do a few years for stealing millions or billions if they happen to suffer the miscarriage of justice actually finding them guilty, while poor saps stealing corn nuts from the grocer get far longer sentences. The system is working for exactly whom wrote it's laws, no strange coincidence historically in any global setting.
Reading about the consternation in the US about what would happen had trump been given a sentence after having been found guilty during the run-up to the election was a good primer on how warped things are. Many could only express concern for how Trump's life should be able to go on as normal regardless of a "justice" system if guilty and elected. The simple answer, long forgotten since kindergarten, is that there have to be consequences for actions. It's been laid incredibly bare there no longer are. The US either starts to take them back ala South Koreas's new administration or fully embrace failed, corrupt state membership.
The entire system was desdigned by and for the rich. It is a 2 tier system, the rich have a completely different set of rules and are rarely held accountable.
Seems to me like you understand correctly.
Yes and no. Yes, in that this should be obvious and judges should have dismissed immediately. No, in that it going to court sets precedent, so now any future cases can get dismissed quickly.
So clogging the courts for a brief time is good, clogging them for as long as it did is bad. (IMO)
The ruling is good stuff, but the article says that the GARM entity folded - old news yet news to me. That's an effect Musk aimed for, and got.
GARM (Global Alliance for Responsible Media) was a nonprofit purported to help businesses avoid having their brands advertised alongside bad content that may damage the brand. Bad Content Incorporated heard about it, and now GARM is no more.
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