The trial in the defamation lawsuit that pits Dominion Voting Systems (plaintiff) against Fox News (defendant) has begun. Or at least, late on Sunday the presiding Judge issued an order saying that it would begin today -- as I write, I'm imagining his order has been followed by the time you read this. Quick review: very soon after the election in November 2020, Trump partisans began claiming that Dominion-manufactured machines had been switching votes to Biden. Certain Fox News hosts, Jeanine Pirro prominent among them, after reading about it in some of the wilder corners of the internet, began spouting this view on the air. Trumpette attorney Sidney Powell helped spread this idea. By mid-November, a panicked Fox News producer circulated a memo that Judge Jeanine should be yanked off the air, precisely in order to shield the company from liability. That email will in due course be part of the plaintiffs' case. For Fox News did not yank her and she con...