evillawyer
Have No God Before His Orangeness
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Finally these feckless bastards are gonna get drug into a courtroom and we get some sweet discovery on their machines!
That's not how this works. A person doesn't get to simply force unlimited discovery by making completely unfounded, defamatory claims. Powell's team will have to produce some kind of evidence that some establishes a prima facie case that the machines were rigged. Her lawyers aren't going to just get to take apart ever single machine used in the election.
What a asinine comparison. She will get to examine machines and their programs.
You may not like the analogy, but it is 100% apt. There is no such thing as unlimited discovery. The requesting party has to put forth some kind of legitimate argument that will convince a judge that there is at least a decent likelihood that the discovery will produce evidence. The rules of evidence come down hard on fishing expeditions.
If unlimited discovery were a thing, then defamation laws would be impossible to enforce. Because Person A could say whatever he wants about Person B, and Person B would not be able to sue without opening himself up to having his entire life laid bare. If the defamed were a business, no information could ever possibly remain confidential. That you believe that the system works this way is astounding.
Or they are just 100% confident their machines weren't riggedYou may not like the analogy, but it is 100% apt. There is no such thing as unlimited discovery. The requesting party has to put forth some kind of legitimate argument that will convince a judge that there is at least a decent likelihood that the discovery will produce evidence. The rules of evidence come down hard on fishing expeditions.
If unlimited discovery were a thing, then defamation laws would be impossible to enforce. Because Person A could say whatever he wants about Person B, and Person B would not be able to sue without opening himself up to having his entire life laid bare. If the defamed were a business, no information could ever possibly remain confidential. That you believe that the system works this way is astounding.
Dominion is who filed suit, Powell gets to defend herself so she'll have a lot of leeway in discovery.
Where did I say she would get "unlimited discovery"?
Oh I understand that. Thus far there has been zero pressure to produce anything however.That's not how this works. A person doesn't get to simply force unlimited discovery by making completely unfounded, defamatory claims. Powell's team will have to produce some kind of evidence that somehow establishes a prima facie case that the machines were rigged. Her lawyers aren't going to just get to take apart ever single machine used in the election.