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Moore’s $8M Verdict Blocked by Supreme Court | Birmingham News
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s bid to halt an eight-million-dollar defamation award against the Senate Majority PAC has been shut down by the Supreme Court, leaving the legal battle far from over. The PAC’s ad during Moore’s 2017 Senate race referenced past allegations against him, which Moore’s team claimed falsely implied he solicited a minor — a claim the appeals court previously rejected, saying the PAC didn’t act with reckless disregard for the truth. Justice Clarence Thomas denied Moore’s emergency appeal without explanation, a standard move, but Moore’s lawyers still retain…
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