Judge dismisses Musk lawsuit against group that cataloged racist content on X

> “You didn’t bring a defamation claim,” Breyer said. “Now you tell me that, actually, this is even better than a defamation claim. But of course, it’s not.”

Ah, I see Musk is continuing his campaign to irritate every judge in the world, one by one.

Something I'm always curious about with these sorts of things... do lawyers charge extra for them? Like, presumably, if you're a top lawyer, there is a material cost to looking silly in front of a judge, so you'd _expect_ some sort of surcharge.

“Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation, and only by reading between the lines of a complaint can one attempt to surmise a plaintiff’s true purpose,” wrote Charles Breyer, the US district judge, in the ruling. “Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose. This case represents the latter circumstance. This case is about punishing the defendants for their speech.”