The Falwell First Amendment Follies
In this edition of his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn discusses a defamation lawsuit brought by Jerry Falwell Jr. He writes that the First Amendment plays a key role in protecting speakers from lawsuits. Given this protection, such lawsuits typically serve little purpose beyond shining even more public light on conduct that is embarrassing or worse.
December 02, 2020 at 12:45 PM
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With the end of the Trump regime in sight, those committed to civil rights and civil liberties can be forgiven for stepping back for a moment and taking pleasure in some of the less weighty constitutional controversies of our time. And few things are as pleasurable as lawsuits brought by ultra-self-righteous figures who have been exposed as the hypocrites they so often turn out to be. Exhibit A of the moment is Jerry Falwell Jr., an ardent Trump supporter who until recently headed the ultra-moralistic Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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