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« An interesting question | Main | John Lott demolishes gun study in The Lancet »

Responses to "protests" shutting down Trump presentations

Posted by David Hardy · 12 March 2016 01:13 PM

Instapundit asks "Since MoveOn has been so public about taking credit, will the famously litigious Trump sue them for conspiring to deprive him of his civil rights? Because I would, and the discovery would be fascinating."

42 U.S.C. §1985(3) seems to fite nicely. Since it's rather long, I'll truncate it a little and highlight the parts that seem to fit.

"If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws;... or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President .... the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators."

Even under the narrow reading of The Slaughterhouse Cases and Cruikshank, running for federal office is a privilege or immunity of citizenship: the Constitution created Federal offices, and thus the right to run for them. §1985(3) seems to cover the conduct in two ways, and since any conspirator is liable for the result, everyone involved is a potential defendant. And, yes, the plaintiff can recover attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. §1988.

15 Comments | Leave a comment

Jim | March 12, 2016 1:46 PM | Reply

IMHO gong to be hard to prove with discovery.

Anonymous | March 12, 2016 2:29 PM | Reply

Hard to prove? The publicly-known perpetrators have confessed already, publicly! Should be a no-brainer, but Obama's partisan DOJ will do nothing.

Anonymous replied to comment from Anonymous | March 12, 2016 2:38 PM | Reply

Confessed to what exactly? Please list exactly what they confessed to?


LordSega | March 12, 2016 8:00 PM | Reply

I hope Trump does look into this, quick so that other's know there is a line between protest / free speech rights and the interferance of other people's rights.

The real question is DoJ AG Loretta E. Lynch going to investigate and if standards are met, prosecute?

Steve | March 12, 2016 8:20 PM | Reply

Online Straw Poll - Who do you support for President of the United States?

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2016/03/online-straw-poll-who-do-you-support.html

ps. Would you consider adding CC to your blogroll?

Jim replied to comment from Steve | March 12, 2016 8:37 PM | Reply

I keep on looking for the specific charges against Moveon. FWIW Most pros use a list of GOP voters to send invites out not general public.

Mark-1 | March 13, 2016 7:41 AM | Reply

Bottomline: Bernie got what he wanted: Class warfare and revolution....now the proverbial genie's out of the bottle.

The Bern looked rather scared to me during his last news conferences defending his troops.

Other: I expect nothing from the Feds on the above issues. I think The Political Establishment and Elites didn't foresee SS Agents protecting Trump...as it is. I just wonder what's their next play.

James Pawlak | March 13, 2016 10:12 AM | Reply

Is such deprivation a felony?

Anonymous | March 13, 2016 4:25 PM | Reply

"Confessed to what exactly? Please list exactly what they confessed to?"

You're so lazy you can't look it up, or such a partisan you are denying it?

"Ilya Sheyman, a failed Illinois contender for Congress and the executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, has taken credit for the violence at a cancelled Trump event last night in Chicago. He promised similar violence and disruption will occur at future Trump political events leading up to the election."

Duh!

Anonymous | March 13, 2016 4:25 PM | Reply

http://www.infowars.com/soros-funded-moveon-org-takes-credit-for-violence-in-chicago/

Anonymous replied to comment from Anonymous | March 13, 2016 4:55 PM | Reply

So all I see is a single source without any evidence just rhetoric.

Anonymous | March 14, 2016 10:37 AM | Reply

http://front.moveon.org/moveon-trumps-hate-filled-rhetoric-on-notice-after-tonights-event/

yomama | March 15, 2016 1:49 PM | Reply

He won't sue because it serves him well to look like he's being attacked - red meat for his followers and great publicity for him.

Richard | March 19, 2016 3:29 PM | Reply

Don't forget to sue Soros personally. Deep pockets there.

Anonymous | October 17, 2016 2:32 PM | Reply

looks like solid evidence here

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