Comments on: World Magazine Gets Specific on the David Barton Controversy: Jefferson’s Religious Beliefs https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 17:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Lynn David https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-76221 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:48:31 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-76221 If anyone has been trying to defame anyone, it has been the language that Barton and his folk concerning his purely academic opposition which has been defamitory.

]]> By: TxHistoryProf https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-62203 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:43:50 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-62203 Good point.

]]> By: TxHistoryProf https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-76244 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:43:50 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-76244 Good point.

]]> By: Erp https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-62202 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:57:24 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-62202 It would not normally be within the ACLU’s bailiwick to deal with a libel case between two private individuals since it doesn’t seem to involve the government or a person acting as a government official. Now if the government tried to suppress either book (e.g., some local government banned their library system from buying Throckmorton’s book), then the ACLU could get involved.

]]> By: TxHistoryProf https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-62201 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:53:46 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-62201 I am sure the ACLU would take this case on a pro bono basis.

]]> By: Erp https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-76252 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:57:24 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-76252 It would not normally be within the ACLU’s bailiwick to deal with a libel case between two private individuals since it doesn’t seem to involve the government or a person acting as a government official. Now if the government tried to suppress either book (e.g., some local government banned their library system from buying Throckmorton’s book), then the ACLU could get involved.

]]> By: TxHistoryProf https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-76247 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:53:46 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-76247 I am sure the ACLU would take this case on a pro bono basis.

]]> By: stephen https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-62200 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:15:15 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-62200 Oh, good God, who cares?

]]> By: stephen https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-76240 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:15:15 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-76240 Oh, good God, who cares?

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/08/24/world-magazine-gets-specific-on-the-david-barton-controversy/#comment-62199 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:39:58 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12090#comment-62199 Zoe Brain says:

August 25, 2012 at 11:27 pm

“You don’t get it.”

I do get it Zoe. I am familiar with the american legal system.

1st, as I said, Barton is unlikely to file any such suit because I doubt he wants to take the stand.

2nd, the case would be decided by a jury not a judge, unless both sides agree to a bench trial.

finally, when Barton loses, HE would get stuck with the legal costs. And I don’t think it would be hard for Warren to find a lawyer willing to take the case and defer the legal fees.

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