{"id":4481,"date":"2022-06-26T17:20:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2022-06-26T17:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:20:46","slug":"countering-the-big-lie-the-role-of-the-courts-in-the-post%e2%80%91truth-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/2022\/06\/26\/countering-the-big-lie-the-role-of-the-courts-in-the-post%e2%80%91truth-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Countering the Big Lie: The Role of the Courts in the Post Truth World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Essay analyzes the role of the courts in handling Trump\u2019s election lie.&nbsp; It argues that the courts were certainly correct in giving short shrift to Trump\u2019s lawsuits, but further that the courts should have done more than simply dismiss Trump\u2019s claims.&nbsp; Had the courts aggressively utilized existing tools to identify and punish prosecution of baseless claims, including Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the courts\u2019 inherent powers to control proceedings before them, the Trump election lie might well have been put to rest immediately before it could take root among die\u2011hard Trump supporters.&nbsp; This Essay also suggests how the courts might more effectively handle future baseless and politically\u2011motivated election challenges in the post\u2011truth world and prevent efforts to debase the judicial process in their incipiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read this Essay, please click here: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cavanagh-online-essay-final-version-1.pdf\">Countering the Big Lie: The Role of the Courts in the Post\u2011Truth World<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Essay analyzes the role of the courts in handling Trump\u2019s election lie.&nbsp; It argues that the courts were certainly correct in giving short shrift to Trump\u2019s lawsuits, but further that the courts should have done more than simply dismiss Trump\u2019s claims.&nbsp; Had the courts aggressively utilized existing tools to identify and punish prosecution of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essay"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}