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Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center Moves Forward

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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