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STOPPING LAWSUITS MEANT TO SILENCE DISSENT: THE FREE PRESS ACT
by Warner Todd Huston
Bretibart: Big Journalism
August 23, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/2939/stopping-lawsuits-meant-to-silence-dissent
Excerpt:
In this day of mounting threats to our freedoms, it is time to reinvigorate our Bill of Rights and so Senator John Kyl (R, AZ) has introduced S. 3493, The Free Press Act. This bill aims to prevent nuisance lawsuits meant only to quash freedom of speech, to stop the intimidation of journalists, bloggers, and those testifying before government.
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