Virginia – -(Ammoland.com)-  The Virginia Citizens Defense League Board of Directors, after careful consideration, has decided that the recent ruling dismissing the Virginia Citizens Defense League case against Katie Couric, et al, CANNOT STAND!
The lawsuit has far reaching implications for all Americans. If the media can be allowed to change a person’s words to suit the media’s own needs or beliefs, then a grievous blow will have been struck against the very core of the freedom that the United States stands for!
NO! We are going to fight this because too much is at stake.
Today, I have directed Virginia Citizens Defense League’s attorneys to move forward with the appeal to the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, where it will be heard by a three-judge panel “de novo” (which means the merits of the case will be heard anew with no consideration of the judge’s ruling that recently dismissed the case).
Unfortunately fighting this kind of battle in court is not cheap, including the appeals process, for which we now have to budget. But the nature of the ruling is so dangerous to our liberty that Virginia Citizens Defense League must stay in the fight and prevail!
Virginia Citizens Defense League rarely asks for money other than your yearly $25 dues. But when we do, we make sure you understand why we are asking.
If you wish to contribute to help covering VCDL’s legal fees, click here: https://vcdl.org/Donate
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
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About Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL):
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
For more information, visit: www.vcdl.org.
Actually the case is about defamation and not libel.
Would love to see katie Couric personally held liable and be forced to pay monetary compensation for her bs stunt. Actually i would like to see all trash reporters/ tv show hosts personally held monetarily responsible for the lies they broadcast. Maybe if they had to pay out of their own pockets we would actually get tv worth watching again.
Activist judges are in lock-step with the liberal media. Liberals for too long have been active in our schools indoctrinating our children into the liberal mindset. A parent’s primary job is to educate their children. Remember, it will take a generation of conservative parentage to slow and hopefully reverse the liberal influences on our children hence, our society.
The time has come for a law that if a judge does something contrary to standing law, they are removed from office and stripped of their law license. And other judges are not in charge of the removal!
Activist judges should be recalled or impeached.
I didn’t follow the case, but my understanding is that the editing didn’t change anybody’s words, it just added a long pause to make the spokesman look stumped for an answer.
In order to prove libel, you have to prove actual damages, i.e., monetary damages or tangible damage to one’s reputation. Where are the damages here? This isn’t the same as, say, the NBC fake truck fire case. That one caused actual, tangible damage to the automaker.
I think what she did was despicable, but I don’t see any actionable libel here.