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"Dyer said the emails were privileged information since the city attorney was included". This is not how privilege works, and all the people involved certainly
by DannyBee 5y ago
"Dyer said the emails were privileged information since the city attorney was included".
This is not how privilege works, and all the people involved certainly know it.
(This used to be a game oil and other companies would play, and courts do not look kindly on it anymore)
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago>and courts do not look kindly on it anymore As anyone who's ever spent more than a few nanoseconds caring about things like civil liberties or government accountability knows, the courts tend to give people who are on the "same team" a lot more leeway.
- DannyBee 5y agoThis is definitely true, but there are limits.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIf you make the courts look inept the courts come after you. If you do something politically tone deaf the politicians come after you. If you make the politicians look inept that's just Tuesday.