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=== Commentary at PZ Myers' blog regarding the Richard Carrier lawsuit ===

=== Commentary at PZ Myers' blog regarding the Richard Carrier lawsuit ===

 

In 2019, a commentator on PZ Myers' [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] blog wrote about the Richard Carrier lawsuit against [[Freethought Blogs]]:

In 2019, a commentator on PZ Myers' [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] blog wrote about the Richard Carrier lawsuit against [[Freethought Blogs]]:

{{Cquote|Presuming, as I think is likely, that the magistrate recommends dismissal and the district judge agrees and dismisses the case, Carrier would then have the right to appeal his loss to a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. This would mean a few more months during which P.Z.’s lawyers and Carrier would submit further written arguments to the appellate panel. I suspect the court would not order oral argument in a case like this, so the panel would likely issue its decision based on written submissions alone.

{{Cquote|Presuming, as I think is likely, that the magistrate recommends dismissal and the district judge agrees and dismisses the case, Carrier would then have the right to appeal his loss to a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. This would mean a few more months during which P.Z.’s lawyers and Carrier would submit further written arguments to the appellate panel. I suspect the court would not order oral argument in a case like this, so the panel would likely issue its decision based on written submissions alone.