SPLC lawsuit articles  – Beginning April, 2023

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WATCH: Inside Defamation Lawsuit That Could Blow Southern Poverty Law Center Wide Open

Heritage Foundation/Daily Signal

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# SPLC to Face the Music for ‘Hate Group’ Defamation as Lawsuit Clears Major Hurdle

The Daily Signal

Tyler O’Neil  / @Tyler2ONeil / April 04, 2023

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/04/breaking-splc-face-music-hate-group-defamation-lawsuit-clears-major-hurdle/

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SPLC ‘hate group’ labeling of conservative groups gets legal scrutiny
Washington Examiner
washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/splc-hate-group-labeling-of-conservative-groups-lawsuit

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Conservative Group’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center Will Proceed, Judge Rules

New York Sun

https://www.nysun.com/article/conservative-groups-defamation-lawsuit-against-southern-poverty-law-center-will-proceed-judge-rules

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Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center Moves Forward

NTD

https://www.ntd.com/defamation-lawsuit-against-southern-poverty-law-center-moves-forward_911629.html

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‘Hate group’ listings in legal peril as judge approves defamation suit against one-time KKK fighter Just the News

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/hate-group-listings-legal-peril-judge-approves-defamation-suit-against

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Defamation lawsuit against Southern Poverty Law Center moves forward

EPOCH TIMES

https://www.theepochtimes.com/defamation-lawsuit-against-southern-poverty-law-center-moves-forward_5175108.html#?

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SPLC’s ‘Hate Group’ Labelling Under Legal Scrutiny

Newsmax

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/judge-splc-hate-groups/2023/04/06/id/1115291/

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Marietta immigration activist suing SPLC over ‘hate group’ designation

Marietta Daily Journal

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Ga.-Based Group’s Lawsuit vs. SPLC Moves Forward

Insider Advantage

IAG Staff https://insideradvantage.com/2023/04/11/ga-based-groups-lawsuit-vs-splc-moves-forward/

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Pro-American Migration Activist Wins Discovery in Defamation Lawsuit Against SPLC

Breitbart https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/05/judge-approves-review-splc-emails-defamation-lawsuit/

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A Lawsuit Exposes the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lies

Frontpage magazine https://www.frontpagemag.com/lawsuit-exposes-southern-poverty-law-centers-lies-daniel-greenfield/

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic

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Holding the SPLC to Account

The hard-left, speech-suppressing pressure group is finally facing a serious lawsuit for defamation. Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/96325-holding-the-splc-to-account-2023-04-10

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Defamation Suit Against Southern Poverty Law Center Allowed to Move Forward  KTRH Radio, Houston TX. iHeart

https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2023-04-14-defamation-suit-against-southern-poverty-law-center-allowed-to-move-forward/

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Conservatives Wrongly Demonized as ‘Hate Groups’ May Get Justice at Last | Opinion

Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-wrongly-demonized-hate-groups-may-get-justice-last-opinion-1795440

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Nonprofit discrimination

Courthouse News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama refused to dismiss defamation claims filed by the Dustin Inman Society, a nonprofit promoting immigration law enforcement, against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which allegedly designated the nonprofit as an “anti-immigration hate group” and said its principal “focuses on vilifying all immigrants.” The court finds the defamation claims plausible.

https://www.courthousenews.com/nonprofit-discrimination/

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Immigration critic’s lawsuit against SPLC moves ahead

Axios Atlanta

https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2023/04/26/splc-dustin-inman-society?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_atlanta&stream=top

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Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘hate’ list suffers ‘monumental’ legal set back

Immigration group wins first round in challenge

Washington Times

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/1/southern-poverty-law-center-hate-list-suffers-lega/

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SPLC sued for defamation after labeling conservative group an ‘anti-immigrant hate group’

The Post Millennial

https://thepostmillennial.com/splc-sued-for-defamation-after-labeling-conservative-group-an-anti-immigrant-hate-group

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Advocate deemed a ‘hate group’ can pursue defamation case

Legal Newsline

https://legalnewsline.com/stories/641907147-advocate-deemed-a-hate-group-can-pursue-defamation-case

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Judge’s Refusal to Boot SPLC Defamation Suit Bears Seeds of Hope

Liberty Nation News

https://www.libertynation.com/judges-refusal-to-boot-splc-defamation-suit-bears-seeds-of-hope/

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# Lefty Media Ignore Conservative Group’s Massive Victory Against SPLC, Despite NYT Reporter Calling it ‘Front Page News’

The Daily Signal

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/10/left-leaning-media-ignore-conservative-groups-massive-legal-victory-southern-poverty-law-center/

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SPLC Hate Map Under Fire After FBI Used It: Catholic Journalist Warns of Plan ‘to Silence People’

CBN.com

https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/splc-hate-map-under-fire-after-fbi-used-it-catholic-journalist-warns-plan-silence-people

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Twenty Attorneys General: “…SPLC has been utterly discredited as a reliable source”

https://newdustininmansociety.org/twenty-attorneys-general-splc-has-been-utterly-discredited-as-a-reliable-source/

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Will ‘hate group’ accuser SPLC finally face the music? Defamation lawsuit allowed to proceed

World Tribune

https://www.worldtribune.com/will-hate-group-accuser-splc-finally-face-the-music-defamation-lawsuit-allowed-to-proceed/

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The Southern Poverty Law Center’s True Agenda Is the Destruction of America’s Culture

Townhall.com

https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2023/05/25/the-southern-poverty-law-centers-true-agenda-is-the-destruction-of-americas-culture-n2623665

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# COMPROMISED: SPLC Whistleblower’s History Makes Groundbreaking Defamation Case Even Stronger

The Daily Signal

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/04/emerging-evidence-makes-hate-group-defamation-case-splc-stronger/

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 # BREAKING: Southern Poverty Law Center Adds Parental Rights Groups to ‘Hate Map’

The Daily Signal

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/06/breaking-southern-poverty-law-center-adds-parental-rights-groups-hate-map/

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# SPLC: Still Alive and Hating

NRO

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/splc-still-alive-and-hating/

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# After SPLC Quietly Admits Subjectivity, Corporate Media Amplify Baseless Smears Against Parents

The Federalist

https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/07/after-splc-quietly-admits-subjectivity-corporate-media-amplify-baseless-smears-against-parents/

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# ANALYSIS: Just How Deceptive Is the SPLC’s ‘Hate Map’?

The Daily Signal

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/13/exposed-far-left-smear-factory-attacked-moms-liberty-exaggerates-hate-groups-267/_

 

# WHITE HOUSE RECORDS: Biden Personally Met With SPLC Staff 6 Times, Foreshadowing Renewed Attacks on Parent Groups

The Daily Signal

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/05/white-house-records-biden-personally-met-splc-staff-6-times-foreshadowing-renewed-attacks-parent-groups/

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Goliath ‘Smear Machine’ SPLC Has Met Its David

The Federalist

https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/11/goliath-smear-machine-splc-has-met-its-david/

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Nick Sandmann’s Attorney Joins Lawsuit Against SPLC

The Daily Signal

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Judge Okays Defamation Case Against SPLC for ‘Hate Group’ Label

CBN.com

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Liberty Counsel added to defamation lawsuit against SPLC

American Family News 

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Georgia group sues SPLC, case moves forward

Alreporter.com

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Southern Poverty Law Center Faces Defamation Suit From Org It Labeled a ‘Hate Group’

Catholicvote.org

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Commentary: Inside the Defamation Lawsuit That Could Blow Southern Poverty Law Center Wide Open

Ohio Star

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Lawsuit alleges defamation against Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center for ‘anti-immigrant hate group’ label — ‘The beginning of the beginning’

1819news.com

 

 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his Attorney General, Chris Carr, don’t enforce existing state laws aimed at making life difficult for illegal aliens in Georgia. And it’s all about the money. Voters who don’t spend a lot of time in the state Capitol will have a much easier time understanding all this if they realize that illegal immigration is organized crime and that most of politics is all about money and that most of the real power is wielded by the special interests with the big money. Essentially the two sides on the immigration issue are either pro-enforcement and anti-enforcement.

Illegal aliens in Florida are worried that the recently passed illegal immigration law will be enforced there. Apparently they shouldn’t be overly

concerned.

• Related: Illegal alien in Georgia confirms enforcement works.

A recent NPR piece is not the first news report we have seen that confirms that logical assumption. According to the far-left NPR, Republican Florida state Rep Rick Roth say illegal aliens there “are already starting to move to Georgia.”

We told you so – “Incoming illegal aliens may have a Florida accent – Keep choppin’!”

About here we need to note that the entire purpose of immigration enforcement is to discourage illegal immigration. Attrition of the illegal alien population through enforcement of the law – “attrition through enforcement.” Enforcement works.

According to Rep Roth and other Florida Republicans fewer illegals is not result they planned for when they voted for enforcement:

“GOP Rep. Rick Roth, a third generation farmer, told NPR on Tuesday that state Senate Bill 1718, which goes into effect on July 1, was designed to “scare migrants.” But he admitted that he and his colleagues were unprepared for the destabilization it would cause among the state’s more established immigrant communities.”

NPR goes on:

“Roth and a handful of other Republicans, including state representatives Alina Garcia and Juan Fernandez-Barquin, are scrambling to allay fears of job losses or deportation, which they say are already driving workers out of the state.

“This bill is 100 percent supposed to scare you,” Roth said. “I’m a farmer and the farmers are mad as hell. We are losing employees that are already starting to move to Georgia and other states.”

Read the entire NPR story from GPB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2023

The Dustin Inman Society

NewDustinInmanSociety.org

D.A. King

Contact

Georgia’s only pro-enforcement immigration group announces expanded legal team

Re: Donald A. King and Dustin Inman Society v. Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc

Marietta, GA: D.A. King, president of the Dustin Inman Society (DIS) today announced the newly formed legal team as counsel defending against accusations from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which defamed the organization and King by labeling King as leader of an “anti-immigrant hate group that denigrates all immigrants.”

The nationwide public interest religious civil liberties law firm Liberty Counsel has joined the legal team as counsel defending the Dustin Inman Society (DIS) and its founder and president, D.A. King.

Todd McMurtry, a partner in Hemmer Wessels McMurtry PLLC. will be co-counsel on the legal team. McMurtry is a nationally recognized defamation attorney.

James McKoon, of McKoon and Gamble law firm in Phenix City, Alabama, will serve as local counsel. McKoon initially filed this lawsuit against the SPLC.

In Donald A. King and Dustin Inman Society v. Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc., U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins denied the SPLC’s motion to dismiss the case in April 2023. This now becomes the first “hate group” defamation case against the SPLC that will move forward with discovery.

“It came as quite a surprise to the proud immigrants on our diverse board of advisors and our immigrant supporters to learn that the SPLC uses their vast wealth and influence with the media to convince the world that we somehow hate immigrants” remarked DIS president, D.A. King. “More so considering that in 2011 the SPLC informed the Associated Press that we did not fit the SPLC’s own definition of “anti-immigrant hate group” for their ridiculous, annual “hate map” several years earlier. But that was before they started lobbying against immigration enforcement legislation in Georgia.”

“We are proud to be actively pro-enforcement on immigration. The record shows that the SPLC takes an anti-enforcement position on the issue. It seems they hate their political opposition and are willing to prove it,” says King.

King expressed concern for his personal safety and that of his family due to the reputation of SPLC supporters and staff for violence against political opponents.

• Please see the earlier media release from Liberty Counsel.
• Please see today’s news report from Tyler O’Neil at The Daily Signal – ‘Nick Sandmann’s Attorney Joins Lawsuit Against SPLC.‘

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The Atlanta Journal Constitution should run a correction – but they won’t

 

 

My column posted on Insider Advantage last week (GOP senators and another ‘Americans last’ tuition bill) concerned several Republican state senators cosponsoring a Democrat bill (SB 264) aimed at amending state law on instate tuition. I didn’t get to the fact that the left-wing Atlanta Journal Constitution is unapologetically pushing the bill in its opinion posts with agenda-driven misinformation.

In a May 24, 2023 post AJC ‘Get Schooled’ blog writer Maureen Downey leads readers to believe that refugees are unable to access instate tuition. She introduced a guest column from an Afghan woman, Husnia Jamal, who apparently entered the U.S. as a refugee. “In a guest column, Jamal urges Georgia to embrace legislation that would allow refugees to qualify for in-state tuition. Several related measures stalled, including two bipartisan bills that would provide in-state tuition for refugees,” wrote Downey.

In that article (“Opinion: Afghan women refugees like me want a future in Georgia”) guest writer Jamal tells readers “But I, like so many other displaced people living in Georgia, found out that I could not access in-state tuition here — no matter how long I live, work, or pay state taxes — because of my immigration status. This makes it harder for us to rebuild our lives.”

“Bipartisan bills introduced in the Georgia state House and Senate this year would have changed that. The bills did not succeed” wrote Jamal.

It would nice to know exactly what visa she used to enter the U.S. but it is safe to assume that if she is not a refugee, Jamal is likely a beneficiary of the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole or is in the category of  “special immigrant.” Otherwise inadmissible aliens in that status are known as “Special Visa Immigrants”, or SIVs.

The reality is that state law (OCGA 20-3-66) as well as Regent’s policy (4.3.2.3) says new residents (even Afghans) must live here for a year before they can be eligible for the instate tuition rate. After that, foreign nationals with legal status – including refugees – can access the lower instate rate. Just like Americans.

• Related: Atlanta Journal Constitution (newsroom) ethics code

Note to AJC opinion editors: That fact is reflected in at least two AJC news reports on last year’s version of the bills Downey wrote about.

“Currently, refugees must wait one year after settling in Georgia to establish residency to qualify for the lower in-state tuition rates, which are roughly three times smaller than their out-of-state counterparts” says the AJC in a Feb 24, 2022 news report (Georgia lawmakers favor tuition bill for refugee college students).

And in a one-sided January 2002 news report (Lawmakers introduce bill to help refugees attend Georgia colleges) “House Bill 932 seeks to extend in-state tuition rates to refugee students at the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia as soon as they settle in the state. Under U.S. law, refugees are people who must relocate from their home country because of humanitarian concerns.”

The ‘Report for America’ immigration team reporter at the Atlanta paper went on with “currently they must abide by a one-year waiting period after settling in Georgia to establish residency and qualify for the lower in-state tuition rates, which are roughly three times smaller than their out-of-state counterparts” – again.

The AJC sub headline then was “legislation would help refugees qualify for more affordable in-state tuition rates as soon as they settle in the state.

As I wrote, while excluding Americans, SB 264 is written to change state law so that a list of foreigners can obtain the instate tuition rate “immediately upon settlement in Georgia.” All concerned – including state lawmakers and AJC opinion staff– should read lines 22 and 23 in the bill.

Copying senior AJC editors and the new publisher, Andrew Morse, I sent a letter for publication to the newspaper pointing out the inaccuracy in Downey’s work asking for a correction. Soon after I received a “reply all” answer from opinion editor Andre Jackson who told me that in his opinion “no correction’s warranted to the Op-Ed.”

Oh.

We think it’s worth knowing what’s really going on.

Senator Mike Dugan and SB 264

The story around SB 264 continues to expand. A version of my original IA column was later published in the Star News in exurban Carroll County which is in Republican state Senator Mike Dugan’s district (Dugan is the number two signer on the Democrat bill). The Star News editor ran a response from Dugan in the same edition that contains some remarkable inaccuracies, including his assurance to his constituents that the bill never had a hearing and is now somehow dead. The fact is that there was a hearing on SB 264 and it is very much alive under the Gold Dome for 2024. Interested readers can see a video archive of that hearing and a well-sourced fact check at ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com.

King is head of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society and proprietor of ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com.

A version of the above column was posted on the subscription outlet Insider Advantage Georgia on June 14, 2023 and on ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com on June 15, 2023.