The Foundation for Economic Education has a great article on how the court of public opinion can often prevail over the court of law. It’s a great read on how a major news story will actually sway a court from going with a law that makes no sense or that violates the original intent of the Constitution.
The article includes:
- A story about deregulation of the Taxi Cab industry in Denver. The deregulation was nudged along by a CBS “Ey on America” story.
- A story about how Donald Trump tried to push “public benefit” laws that would allow Atlantic City to take an old lady’s house so he could build a parking garage. “TV journalist John Stossel got Trump on his show and challenged him. Trump explained that his only purpose was to clear Atlantic City of blight. Stossel replied in effect, ‘You know in the old days if someone like you wanted this property he would just hire a hit man and knock of Mrs. Coking. What’s the difference between that and what you’re doing now?.’ Trump then got up and walked off the show.” Trump lost the case.
It’s a great article on the power of the press in court decisions, the very definition of public relations at work.
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