Judge tosses Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times because it's way too long

Before The New York Times even responded to President Donald Trump's 85-page defamation lawsuit, a federal judge threw out the case. The lawsuit was way too long, the judge said."As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective — not a protected platform to rage against an adversary," US District Judge Steven Merryday wrote in a snappy order Friday. "A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a ...