New Hampshire Sued Over Criminal Defamation Law Abused To Arrest Law Enforcement Critic (Tim Cushing/Techdirt)

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New Hampshire Sued Over Criminal Defamation Law Abused To Arrest Law Enforcement Critic – Criminal defamation laws are stupid. But theyre more than stupid: theyre harmful. Plenty of entire countries still have them. But those countries dont have a First Amendment. With the First Amendment in place, it makes little sense to criminalize speech that can be handled through civil litigation. Nevertheless, these outdated …