Texas judge decides Texas is a perfectly good venue for X to sue Media Matters (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/texas@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/21655258

Attack on free speech by the free speech guy.

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[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Okay, now the relocation to Texas makes more sense. Musk basically has a paved path all the way to SCOTUS. Whether or not they take up the case it's highly likely all the lower rulings will go his way. Judge shopping needs to be stopped nationwide.

[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

All the Texas federal courts need to have their funding withheld.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

They'll just make them shittier in response

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

O'Connor ruled that the court has jurisdiction because Media Matters articles "targeted" Texas-based companies that advertised on X, specifically Oracle and AT&T, even though those companies are not parties to the lawsuit.

I'm not a lawyer, but that sounds fucking absurd. X is not suing on behalf of advertising customers, they are suing on behalf of X, period.

Wtf is this judge smoking?