Donald Trump is the only person who can sue in state court but not be sued.
That is the core contradiction at the heart of the Pulitzer Prize Board’s petition filed Wednesday urging a Florida state appeals court to pause Trump’s defamation case against the group for defending its awarding prizes to journalism investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
A trial court refused to pause the case last month, giving Trump a potential dual sword-and-shield under federal law—he could compel discovery into the members of the Pulitzer board he was suing, but he wouldn’t be subject to discovery, ...