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CT Judge Says Alex Jones Must Surrender Infowars Internal Documents To Sandy Hook Families

CT Judge Says Alex Jones Must Surrender Infowars Internal Documents To Sandy Hook Families

The 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre which killed 20 children and 6 adults galvanized parents and relatives of those murdered to promote gun reform. One conservative commentator who responded negatively to their efforts: Alex Jones and his Infowars which ran segments claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook was “a giant hoax.” Jones’ followers have continued to harass Sandy Hook families. Now, the victims’ families have responded by filing defamation lawsuits in both Connecticut and Texas against Jones, stating that he made defamatory statements that were “knowingly false or made with reckless disregard for the truth.”

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Massachusetts Mayor Can Pursue Defamation Suit Against Local Paper, Judge Rules

January 3, 2019 — Comments are Disabled

January 3, 2019: The Judge Said That Five Statements Made In The Column In Question “Are Disputed Issues of Fact”  A judge is allowing a defamation lawsuit brought by the mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts James Jajuga to go to trial against the publisher of a local monthly paper over comments made in a column published last March. The judge denied publisher[Read More…]

Authors Share Excerpts on Free Speech

Authors Share Excerpts on Free Speech: Amy Werbel and Lust on Trial

Authors Share Excerpts on Free Speech: Amy Werbel and Lust on Trial

January 11, 2019 — Comments are Disabled

In Lust on Trial, [Amy] Werbel presents a colorful journey through Comstock’s career that doubles as a new history of post–Civil War America’s risqué visual and sexual culture. Born into a puritanical New England community, Anthony Comstock moved to New York in 1868 armed with his Christian faith and a burning desire to rid the city of vice. Werbel describes how[Read More…]

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The Enduring Impact of Jefferson’s Inaugural Address in 2019

The Enduring Impact of Jefferson’s Inaugural Address in 2019

January 2, 2019 — Comments are Disabled

By Stephen Solomon, founding editor of First Amendment Watch The most-visited page on First Amendment Watch during 2018 was not one of the many conflicts over freedom of speech and press that we covered during the year. It was Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address, delivered by our third President on March 4, 1801. Jefferson articulated a message that resonates in our own time of[Read More…]