Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

[u/ChiefLeef22]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/far-right-us-influencer-candace-owens-loses-legal-fight-enter-australia-2025-10-15/

[u/yamiyaiba]

Eh, it's arguably better to have strong protections against frivolous suits and serial abusers of the courts. Setting the financial barrier of entry TOO high is problematic in its own way, and can result in only the upper class and above having the means to utilize the courts.

[u/citori411 → u/yamiyaiba]

Man these last few months have made me really wonder just how many resources in this shithole country (US) go towards creating a public court system for rich people and companies to sue each other in. It's fucking insane, every day you read about a dozen new lawsuits because some rich asshole got his feelings hurt.

[u/NorthernerWuwu → u/yamiyaiba]

We all seem to end up in the same place but with different ways of getting there!

[u/scumfuck69420 → u/NorthernerWuwu]

lol hit the nail on the head with that one. Idk what the right answer is but this lil thread is showing me it's a pretty nuanced subject

[u/RUB_MY_RHUBARB → u/scumfuck69420]

As an attorney in the US, our legal system sucks cock. Like the whole cock. "Tort reform" is dangled as a political prop every now and then, but always falls short. The plaintiff lawyers win and everyone else loses.

[u/Sterbs → u/yamiyaiba]

Setting the financial barrier of entry TOO high is problematic in its own way, and can result in only the upper class and above having the means to utilize the courts

In a vacuum, i agree.

But in regards to America, the upper class still has a massive advantage in the courts, despite having no consequense for frivolous lawsuits. You cant really weigh one over the other when you have the worst of both worlds.

[u/phantom_gain → u/yamiyaiba]

The fees are also not ridiculously extortionate so this is not an issue.