The ruling will allow the conspiracy theorist to continue broadcasting on Infowars, while the Sandy Hook families pursue payment of $1.4 billion in defamation damages.
It takes quite a lot to get a judgement which extends beyond just barring the person from speaking about the victim again, and taking away their tools to speak. Despite how horrible this dude is, it’s still not the kind of crime that causes the government to take silence him.
They’ll have recourse available if he talks about the same victims again, but they don’t have standing for shutting him up entirely.
Yes, I’m aware of the failings of the US civil court system and the fact they try to boil everything down to a dollar value instead of actually making the victim whole again.
It takes quite a lot to get a judgement which extends beyond just barring the person from speaking about the victim again, and taking away their tools to speak. Despite how horrible this dude is, it’s still not the kind of crime that causes the government to take silence him.
They’ll have recourse available if he talks about the same victims again, but they don’t have standing for shutting him up entirely.
Yes, I’m aware of the failings of the US civil court system and the fact they try to boil everything down to a dollar value instead of actually making the victim whole again.