Donald Trump on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to once again step into his messy legal brawl with magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, appealing an $83.3 million jury verdict for defamation on the grounds that, as president, he is immune from the litigation.

The appeal, which has not yet been docketed at the high court, relies heavily on the court’s 2024 decision granting the president wide immunity for actions taken in office.

  • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This guy is the definition of a vexatious litigant. IMHO, we need a randomly selected pool of judges to determine if any case or complaint he makes can even be heard in court, and if he fails to make it to court, he automatically pays damages to the party he was pursuing legal action against.

    We need a special system just to deal with assholes like this.