[–] matheasysolutions [S] ago
The hustler magazine suit was over a parody so that is not comparable to Jones calling Bill a rapist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit public figures from recovering damages for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), if the emotional distress was caused by a caricature, parody, or satire of the public figure that a reasonable person would not have interpreted as factual.
Also, the blogger in the Melanie case apologized and admitted the statements were false...
So I'm not sure where you are going with this. The 9/11 case would involve the emails and communications of George W. and other top politicians to be revealed, so it would be best they kept silent.
The question of why Bill Clinton has not sued Alex Jones still remains.
[–] AreWeSure 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
It's simply not worth it
[–] matheasysolutions [S] ago
Sorry for being bothersome, but this thought-experiment has me really interested haha
Like in the Melanie vs. Daily Mail case, Daily Mail quickly retracted their earlier article, almost instantly, and was based purely on rumors.
With Info Wars, it is a constantly pushed the Bill is a rapist, for many years, with a large audience, with merchandise sales, and so on.
I honestly can't think of any case close to resembling Info Wars calling, as a matter of fact not opinion, that Bill is a Rapist.
Even if Bill forced Info Wars to issue an apology, it would deal a huge blow to Info Wars. But given the many efforts to shut down InfoWars, I think if Bill was truly innocent, it would be best way to shut down InfoWars...