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reACTIONary

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13. Will it make it to a jury? Maybe you know if...
Fri May 30, 2025, 05:15 PM
May 30

.... there has been a motion to dismiss as of yet.

I did find some further legal exegesis -

None of these (similar) lawsuits have survived a motion to dismiss... In a withering opinion upholding the dismissal of the BDS suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit observed that the plaintiffs’ “attempt to establish aiding-and-abetting liability fail[ed] at every turn.” The order dismissing the AP case was equally definitive. Motions to dismiss are currently pending in the UNRWA USA case (in which I am counsel) and the Virginia action.

Like the other (unsuccessful) complaints, this one comes nowhere close to satisfying the ATA’s requirements. The fact that the plaintiffs would file a suit with no prospect of proceeding to discovery, much less yielding a judgment, suggests its real purpose: to generate negative press coverage of pro-Palestine protesters, brand them as adjuncts of Hamas in the public imagination, and muzzle campus critics of Israel. The complaint is, in essence, a press release with a docket number.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-anti-terrorism-act-is-being-weaponized-to-harass-israel-s-critics

I guess we will find out.

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Hamas has an 'army' operating out of Gaza that focuses specifically on media and sending Hamas propaganda and messaging Richard D May 30 #1
Criminalizing any criticism of Israel in the US is not far away. Bok_Tukalo May 30 #2
What are you referring to? Beastly Boy May 30 #3
No. . .remember Hamas good. Israel bad. No matter what happens, it's always Israel. AZLD4Candidate May 30 #5
With us or against us, eh? Bok_Tukalo May 30 #19
Cancelled? Interesting choice of words. . .this is the same thing MAGAts claim when they get challenged. AZLD4Candidate May 30 #6
And, there it is. the Deflecting isn't working. Cha May 30 #15
That's been obvious from day one. yardwork May 30 #4
Here is an article about the lawsuit itself. The premise seems... reACTIONary May 30 #7
Yet, the lawsuit is proceeding and the witnesses are being deposed. Beastly Boy May 30 #8
Keep us up to date .... reACTIONary May 30 #9
As of now, I can only keep you inforrmed that this is not a criminal case. Beastly Boy May 30 #10
One of the four defendant in the lawsuit is .... reACTIONary May 30 #11
None of the defendant's statemens were accepted as evidence in the case. Ziv's statement was. Beastly Boy May 30 #12
Will it make it to a jury? Maybe you know if... reACTIONary May 30 #13
Yes I do know. The motion to dismiss was filed and dismissed Beastly Boy May 30 #16
Thanks for the update! I'll ... reACTIONary May 30 #17
Many of us Knew That. Of course there's always Cha May 30 #14
Post removed Post removed May 30 #18
I have no idea what to do with this unsolicited link Beastly Boy May 30 #20
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve May 30 #21
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