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Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center Moves Forward

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Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center Moves Forward
The Southern Poverty Law Center headquarters in Montgomery, Ala., in June 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Ryan Morgan
Ryan Morgan
4/5/2023|Updated: 4/7/2023
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A federal judge is allowing a defamation lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to move forward after the SPLC labeled an immigration reform advocacy group as an “anti-immigrant hate group.”

Judge William Keith Watkins of Alabama’s Middle District Federal Court denied the SPLC’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Dustin Inman Society (DIS) on March 31.

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