Postmodern Justice

I am not an attorney, and nothing I say is legal advice. However, I am a man who holds a Juris Doctorate.  I also have considerable personal experience as a litigant in civil and family law cases, in California State and Federal Courts, at the trial court and appellate levels. Since 2015, I have been fighting to reclaim some part of my money, my business, my real estate, my career, and my life's musical work that I "lost" (i.e. had taken from me). Postmodern Justice, and the related YouTube channel of the same name, exist for the purpose of educating the public, and offering my opinions, suggestions and criticisms of the "justice" system in California, the United States, and the Western World in general. Gradually, over the last half-century, the civil court and especially family court systems have followed the lead of academia by embracing a philosophy called "postmodernism". In a nutshell, postmodernism holds that there is no such thing as object...

A brief history of the Constitutional dimensions of defamation, a discussion of George Zimmerman v. NBC, and a call for careful consideration   of the ability of national news organizations to confer “public figure” status, especially including their legal adversaries in defamation.   Introduction In December 2012 George Zimmerman filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC television and three of their news reporters / producers – Ron Allen, Lilia Rodriguez Luciano, and Jeff Burnside. Zimmerman alleged that the producers maliciously edited a recording of Zimmerman’s 911 call, falsely accused him of uttering a racial epithet, and falsely reported the facts of the Trayvon Martin shooting in such a way as to make Zimmerman appear that he racially targeted Martin and gunned him down in cold blood. Zimmerman alleged that this was done for the purpose of generating high television ratings.   The defamation action was stayed pending the outcome of the criminal ...