Dismissing the ACORN Lawsuit
…in 15 minutes or less, at Red State.
The “matter of public concern” standard often foils these privacy tort suits; but the statutory language seems to be on Breitbart’s favor, too, as Leon Wolf explains at the link.
There’s also the matter of whether ACORN would really like to show us all the skeletons in its closet, and you know they gotta have a good bunch of them. During the discovery process, as both sides prepare for trial, every e-mail, every file, every record, and every subpoenaed witness’s testimony on either side of the suit would not only come to the forefront but become a matter of public record. That can only erode ACORN’s reputation further.
Knowing ACORN, they must be running their paper shredders 24 hours a day if they are really serious about suing; but nothing leads to losing a lawsuit more quickly than destroying evidence or failing to cooperate during discovery.
Really, I think Breitbart has ACORN by the testes. And from the looks of it, either ACORN doesn’t even know it or they are just mouthing off to look tough for P.R. and spin purposes.
