Court Blocks Mary Trump Book

[ClydeR]

A New York state judge has temporarily blocked the publication of President Trump's niece Mary's new tell-all book, pending the outcome of a hearing set to take place next month.

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That's a crazy court ruling. In this country, we don't stop people from speaking or writing. If somebody says something they had no legal right to say, then you sue them for money after they say it. You don't have a court block them from saying it in advance.

The only time a court should block speech in advance is when it endangers national security and the person doing the speaking had an obligation to keep the information secret. That may have been the case with John Bolton's book, which Trump also tried to get the courts to block. Trump was unsuccessful in the Bolton case because the information in the book was already known the public.

Trump has fallen victim to the Streisand Effect.

[Gelston]

She signed an NDA.

[ClydeR]

She signed an NDA.

Then they can sue her if she violated it. But they can't use the government to stop her from publishing a book that they believe is in violation of the NDA.

[Gelston]

Then they can sue her if she violated it. But they can't use the government to stop her from publishing a book that they believe is in violation of the NDA.

They sorta did and can.

[ClydeR]

They sorta did and can.

That's a fair point.

[Parkbandit]

Then they can sue her if she violated it. But they can't use the government to stop her from publishing a book that they believe is in violation of the NDA.

So this is the first time in US history that stopped the release of something due to a NDA.

Good to know.

[ClydeR]

Do you think Trump would need help to get a high SAT score?

Excerpts from Mary's new book, "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man" have been released, and in it, she alleges her uncle was the original Felicity Huffman ... and not for acting.

Mary claims Trump cheated on a college entrance test -- the SAT -- by paying someone else to take it for him in Queens, NY ... and that high score helped him get into Wharton Business School at Penn.

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[beldannon5]

I actually think he would do well on the SAT

[Alfster]

They sorta did and can.

That didn't age well.

[Gelston]

That didn't age well.

I mean, it aged fine. One judge stopped it, another allowed it to continue. Another judge can still stop it.