This should be fun
Mollie Hemingway ·
Jul 29, 2010 at 10:09am
So the Twitterverse is ablaze with news that USDA employee Shirley Sherrod intends to sue Andrew Breitbart.
Hunh? On what grounds?
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Jun '10
Re: This should be fun
On the grounds that he's the most hated conservative in the country next to Rush Limbaugh. And "lawfare" is an effective way to stifle his voice.
Re: This should be fun
The Week has a nice little roundup from back when Sherrod was merely toying with a suit. On the left, Firedoglake has Obama's measured reaction. On the right, Stacy McCain scoffs.
My question is simple. Even if Breitbart was the precipitating cause of Sherrod getting the boot, isn't the proximate cause a spasmodic and hasty set of public officials? It's one thing to get fired from your private-sector job because your name has been dragged through the mud. It's another to get fired from a government job because the higher-ups took ten seconds to run the political calculus and took drastic action. Doesn't she have a stronger, better case, on a different cause of action, against the government?
Jun '10
Re: This should be fun
Sue, Shirley, sue. Let's see all of her lovely, post racial, statements exposed.
May '10
Re: This should be fun
She will likely allege defamation, but because she is a public figure, it will be tricky to show malice. Especially since Breitbart's post refers to her more in passing as he focuses on the NAACP.