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2022-09-28 22:07:34 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

In both the Texas and Connecticut default judgment civil cases, Jones and his attorneys decided not to present a First Amendment legal defense, even though they could have. https://firstamendmentwatch.org/what-does-the-alex-jones-case-mean-for-the-first-amendment-and-disinformation-leading-scholars-lawyers-provide-analysis/ Defamation, which were both civil lawsuits, is generally not protected speech. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/997/libel-and-slander https://constitutionallawreporter.com/amendment-01/freedom-speech/defamation/#:~:text=Defamation%20has%20always%20acted%20as,protected%20under%20the%20First%20Amendment.

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• In both the Texas and Connecticut default judgment civil cases, Jones and his attorneys decided not to present a First Amendment legal defense, even though they could have. https://firstamendmentwatch.org/what-does-the-alex-jones-case-mean-for-the-first-amendment-and-disinformation-leading-scholars-lawyers-provide-analysis/ Defamation, which were both civil lawsuits, is generally not protected speech. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/997/libel-and-slander https://constitutionallawreporter.com/amendment-01/freedom-speech/defamation/#:~:text=Defamation%20has%20always%20acted%20as,protected%20under%20the%20First%20Amendment.