They could have handled Chupp better by getting the evidence in on time.
Except... it was in on time...?
Here are a few key points you all seem to have forgotten:
1) The initial submission failed due to a technical error and there is a document in the record literally saying that it was not on Ty's behalf and that the document is "considered timely submitted".
2) It's during the hearing that Lemoine complained about the document with bullshit excuses, and, likely wanting to simply move on, Chupp said that he didn't think he would consider it anyway and shut everyone up.
3) Doing this instead of properly handling it, Chupp did not gave Ty the proper frame to argue as why the second amended petition should stay in the record.
4) At the end of the hearing, nobody could even fucking tell if this document was in the record or not because Chupp never said he stroke it.
5) Chupp never told either the reason he decided not to consider it.
So you can all grandstand about the rules of the court, but it seems you've forgotten that Chupp kept whipping his ass with those rules, including here.
I'm listing that out of my own recollection, so I might be off a bit, but this is globally what happened regarding the second amended petition.
This was not a simple case of a document being dismissed for simply being submitted after the deadline.
Also, if can't you see how moronic the CoA explanation is, here is a pinpointed observation:
The CoA thinks that Vic has a case but that Ty fucked it up... Well, if they think Vic has a case, that should be enough to defeat the TCPA.
They say that the record lacks the required evidences to show that Vic has a case but still can tell Vic has a case.
From what can they tell Vic has a case if not from the evidences in the record?
EDIT; Just to be clear, when I say "you", I'm talking about all the people who disagree with me, not especially TheClappening.
And I'm perfectly fine with people thinking Ty's fuck up is the main reason for the ruling, I just think it's an arguable opinion.
This made my head hurt.
A judge is expected to objectively interpret and apply the law as codified by the relevant legislative and regulatory bodies. Full stop.
Hard disagree.
Judges are supposed to use their own judgement when applying the law in order to seek justice, that's why they're called "judges".
Judges are supposed to be the human element able to consider the larger context of a lawsuit and to rule accordingly.
Judges are allowed to "overwrite" the codified rules, that's what the concept of "precedent" is all about.
The codified rules are just a general idea of the law, and can't cover all possibilities.
If the law was only about applying a codified set of rules, there would be no need for hearings, it would all be paperwork.
And we've seen a judge doing exactly that countless times in the Depp vs Heard lawsuit.
She allowed a lot questions that the rules would have forbidden because she judged it to be the fair thing to do.