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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
He
is
filing
lawsuits
against
people
who
are
criticizing
his
performance
of
his
duties
as
a
public
official
or
his
qualifications
to
serve
as
the
president
of
the
United
States,
and
that’s
the
core
of
what
the
First
Amendment
is
about.
He’s
not
winning
these
cases.
The
problem
is
that
he’s
figuring
out
this
scheme
to
use
the
law
as
a
weapon
that
kind
of
cuts
the
courts
out.
— Lee
Levine,
a
lawyer
who
has
represented
a
wide
range
of
news
organizations,
in
comments
given
to
POLITICO,
concerning
Donald
Trump’s
ongoing
wave
of
litigation
against
the
press.
Trump
has
filed
suit
against
the
Wall
Street
Journal,
the
New
York
Times,
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation,
the
Des
Moines
Register,
and
CNN,
as
well
as
the
Pulitzer
Prize
board,
and
is
seeking
tens
of
billions
of
dollars.
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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