{"id":43167,"date":"2025-11-18T16:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43167"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:35:58","slug":"and-the-first-amendment-wins-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2025\/11\/18\/and-the-first-amendment-wins-again\/","title":{"rendered":"And The First Amendment Wins Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Readers may recall President Trump issued a flurry of lawsuits as he took office, and among them was a <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/12\/23\/the-2024-senate-campaign-the-last-update-errr-ctd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> against <em><strong>Selzer &amp; Co<\/strong><\/em>, a now defunct but respected firm in the polling business.<\/p>\n<p>Today I learned the suit was dismissed by the judge.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A federal court dismissed a lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer over her pre-election poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in Iowa during the final days of the 2024 campaign. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to see this lawsuit has been dismissed. The First Amendment\u2019s protection for free speech and a free press held strong,\u201d Selzer said Thursday. \u201cI know that I did nothing wrong and I am glad the court also concluded that there was never a valid legal claim.\u201d\u00a0<em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrg.com\/2025\/11\/06\/lawsuit-dismissed-against-j-ann-selzer-over-presidential-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>kcrg.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That slightly sweetens a career termination that included estimating Harris lead Trump by three points three days before Election Day. Trump beat Harris in Iowa by thirteen points, a result which must have Selzer&#8217;s career off with fewer regrets.<\/p>\n<p>And gives the First Amendment more of a commanding advantage over lawsuit-happy politicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers may recall President Trump issued a flurry of lawsuits as he took office, and among them was a lawsuit against Selzer &amp; Co, a now defunct but respected firm in the polling business. Today I learned the suit was dismissed by the judge. A federal court dismissed a lawsuit \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2025\/11\/18\/and-the-first-amendment-wins-again\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43168,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43167\/revisions\/43168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}