SPLC Faces Wave of Potential Lawsuits After Legal Defeat

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🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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After a massive multi million dollar settlement by the SPLC to Maajid Nawaz over a demand letter, not even an actual lawsuit, over 60 groups are discussing bringing about defamation cases against the SPLC.To discuss how this happened and why and if the SPLC is really at risk I joined Lawyer Will Chamberlain to discuss legal issues surrounding defamation and why the SPLC caved to such high demands.Will's Twitter - https://twitter.com/willchamberlainSUPPORT JOURNALISM. Become a patron athttp://www.patreon.com/TimcastSupport the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Southern Poverty Law Center agreed to settle with Magidna Wise and the Quilian Foundation
0:04.9	just a couple days ago if you follow my channel, you've heard this.
0:07.8	What's really remarkable about this case is that it was a multi-million dollar settlement
0:12.8	that was never even a lawsuit.
0:14.6	It was essentially a demand letter.
0:16.7	So a lot of people have been questioning why the SPLC would pay out so much money, apologize,
0:22.5	issue a video apology to an organization that never actually even sued them in the first
0:27.4	place.
0:28.6	It seems like after this, people smelled blood in the water because now we're hearing
0:32.7	that 60 more organizations are aiming to sue the Southern Poverty Law Center.
0:37.6	I had to wonder why exactly they would cave so quickly and for so much money.
0:42.6	Now I don't know, I'm not a lawyer.
0:44.2	So today I'm bringing in Wil Chamberlain who is a lawyer and we're going to have a conversation
0:48.0	about the legal ramifications for the Southern Poverty Law Center after the settlement.
0:55.1	Before we get started, make sure you head over to patreon.com forward slash Tim Kast
0:58.6	and become a patron to help support my work.
1:00.6	I really do rely on all of you who gave through Patreon to allow me to keep doing this.
1:05.0	YouTube is demonetizing videos left and right.
1:07.2	So if you really like what I do, please consider joining today.
1:10.4	First, let's look at the story from the Independent Journalism Review.
1:14.4	Southern Poverty Law Center has been labeling Christian Group's extremist now they're fighting
1:18.6	back.
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