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Thoughts About Defamation

Posted on December 1, 2016 by swabby429

2016 has seen an allegations-filled news cycle. The general election has especially been a contentious one.  So many accusations were cast out for public consumption that it has been difficult to  determine which ones are true and which ones are … Continue reading →

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Defamatory Intent

Posted on June 8, 2014 by swabby429

Law school libraries are filled with shelves of books regarding libel and slander.  The two main types of defamation have been debated and studied by legal experts and scholars. I cannot even begin to claim that I know the intricacies … Continue reading →

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Chaplin, A Victim Of The Red Panic

Posted on September 19, 2012 by swabby429

Officially sanctioned U.S. paranoia of the late 1940s and the 1950s caused much grief and hardship among liberal thinking people and much of the entertainment industry in those days. After the end of the second world war, the defense establishment … Continue reading →

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