No Notice of Appeal Yet in the Idaho4 Defamation Case (Opinion)

Here we provide pure opinions, comments, and speculation concerning post-closure events in the matter styled as Scofield v. Guillard, the "Idaho4" Defamation Case and any possible appeal of the $10 million final judgment entered March 5, 2026 following a four-day jury trial. Everything here represents the pure opinion, commentary, speculation and rhetorical questions per the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which states at Amendment I:Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.It is codified within Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act, which provides that fair use of a work “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use, scholarship, or research)” is not an infringement of copyright