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Supreme Court Rejects Moore’s Defamation Appeal | Birmingham News
The Supreme Court just shut down Roy Moore’s last-ditch emergency bid to block a defamation judgment, leaving him stuck without the $8 million he hoped to collect from a Senate PAC ad that accused him of soliciting sex from minors. The ad, which cited a specific 14-year-old incident, was deemed misleading by lower courts, which ruled Moore failed to prove “actual malice” — the high bar for public figures. Justice Clarence Thomas denied the emergency request without explanation, a common move in such cases. Moore’s team isn’t backing down, still pushing for the full court to weigh in on the…
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