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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by ceejayoz on Thursday July 06, 2023 @03:18PM (#36621343)
"Likely" means more than "possible" and less than "probable", with a pretty hefty error bar given the trial hasn't happened yet. It's a far cry from the settled state the original headline implied.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by unyttigfjelltol on Thursday July 06, 2023 @04:09PM (#36622059)
An ultimate win must be "likely" to prevail in a PI, and this judge said it was. "Likely" and "probable" are synonyms".[1] Apparently some courts do apply an relaxed standard in First Amendment cases of "reasonably likely"[2], but that's not clearly right and it's also not a quibble over whether "likely" is "probable" (which it is).

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likely#synonyms

[2] https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/l...

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