stacked deck

That contributed heavily to what was a stacked deck against Fox News, with the broadcaster facing what one legal expert told The New York Times was “unquestionably the strongest defamation case we’ve ever seen against a major media company.”

Whether it will feel distinct enough from so many other screen stories of its kind may depend on just how many versions of this stacked deck of a film that viewers have seen and, as is so often the case, one’s own relatable life experiences.

It seems whenever I write about structural power and privilege, people who benefit most from those systems respond that they are now victims of an unfairly stacked deck.

“The 9/11 Commission worked a different way. This is a stacked deck if there was ever one. They bring this lady out, drop what appears to be a bombshell; they haven’t done their due diligence. It just seems so political. If I was him, I wouldn’t go in, but it’s up to him.”

The editor cited a “stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence” on the part of Mr. Trump would “crash down on the reputation of evangelical religion and on the world’s understanding of the gospel.”