By now, I am sure you have heard all the jokes about the lawsuit filed by Rep. Devin Nunes. If not, here is the bottom line: Rep. Devin Nunes has sued Twitter, some satire Twitter accounts, and a real political commentator for a variety of "offenses" including defamation based on allegations that anyone with a basic understanding of the law should know would not support a claim for defamation. He is asking for $250 million in compensation. The defamation claim is frivolous.
Of course, frivolous lawsuits are not new, but this is the same Devin Nunes who co-sponsored the Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act and who once voted for a House Amendment "to express a sense of Congress that free speech should be protected."
For a detailed analysis of the complaint, go to TechDirt.
You can read more comments in ABA Journal, and The Daily Beast.
For the jokes I mentioned above, you can go here, and here for some examples.
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