(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
In anticipation of the a scheduling conference tomorrow in the E. Jean Carroll suits against Donald Trump, the parties submitted a proposed discovery plan last night. The plaintiff would like to schedule this trial for April, while the defendant would like to calendar it for never.
This is an unsurprising position from Trump, who spent years trying to avoid this lawsuit by evading process, claiming presidential immunity from civil suits, removing to federal court, and even substituting the government as defendant on the theory that defaming a woman as too ugly to rape was part of his job as president. Thanks to the Second Circuit, the issue of whether Trump was acting within the scope of his official duties is now in the hands of the DC Court of Appeals. But in the meantime, Carroll filed a second complaint, adding a claim for battery
You know, I think that one of the funniest things that came out of the backlash against critical race theory was the notion that the minorities who brought up the topic of race were creating racial tension. They were merely diagnosing a condition based on the presented symptoms. A person who accurately states that Harvard jumpstarted its institutional strength with investments in chattel slavery creates racial tension to the same degree that a patient can blame their doctor for diagnosing them with leukemia.
