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  1. 1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    No- the action has to arise under federal law or constitutional right. A defense invoking that won’t trigger federal jurisdiction 

     

    Also, (if you have a removal right) time to remove is usually limited to 30 days after you receive notice of suit. You can’t just appeal to SCOTUS because you don’t like the result of your state trial 

    I did not take federal courts but I did take Prof. Rabban's First Amendment class at UT. How did the U.S. Supreme Court have jurisdiction to reverse the Alabama state trial court's verdict based on the First Amendment in NYT v. Sullivan?

  2. Excuse me if this is a stupid question but I have zero federal appellate experience.

    If a jury makes a finding of actual malice, and this case gets appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on a federal question, is there any way for the U.S. Supreme Court to disturb that jury finding?

    Also, could Fox have removed this case to federal court? If so, then why didn't they?

  3. 13 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I like to point out to them that when Trump started barking about the election being rigged and stolen, he had no evidence, and that makes it a lie.  That some evidence, if credible, developed later to support his lie doesn't make him any less of a liar.

     

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  4. 5 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    “This was an evil act of targeted violence,” said Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, who knew one of the victims, at a press conference. He noted that he is himself the survivor of a workplace shooting, and that another shooting occurred near the bank at the same time, hammering home the shocking regularity of gun violence in America.

    https://www.mediaite.com/crime/breaking-louisville-bank-mass-shooting-suspect-identified/

    That link includes a link to the person's LinkedIn page. Don't understand. Alabama grad with a master's degree in Finance, 23 years old, just starting his career. Guy had his whole life ahead of him, but chose to go down this path. 

    Why do you think he had any real choice?

  5. Okay you PLO experts. Last night I played a live PLO hand, 8-handed, $1/$2 and we had agreed to three orbits with $5 mandatory straddle. I have about $500 and I'm the effective stack. I was invited to this home game and I don't know anybody in the hand but they all seem to know what they're doing.

    I'm in the straddle with QQJT, suited Q of diamonds. Early position min-opens to $10, Button calls, BB calls, I call.

    Flop is A-K-6 rainbow with 6 of diamonds. check, check, check, Button bets $30, which I view as strength. I call hoping to turn the nuts against a strong hand.

    Turn is a 6 of spades, so now K of spades and 6 of spades are on the board. I do not like this card and I check. Button also checks. 

    River is Q of spades giving me a decent boat, but losing to quads, AAA66 and KKK66. I can get called with smaller boats and maybe a backdoor flush.

    Is this a mandatory value bet and fold to a raise? If so, how much should I bet?

    I did not bet because I am a nit. I checked, he bet $50, I call, and he shows A-x of spades for the nut flush. He also had a K, so he bet two-pair on the flop.

    He made this easy for me by only betting $50. If he pots it am I ever folding QQQ66? I think he bet the river thinking I'm betting all my full houses.

    What do you think of his play?

     

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