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Judge rejects SPLC bid to dismiss case as ‘vindictive’ prosecution

A federal judge in Alabama denied the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) bid to dismiss a case brought by the Trump administration on the grounds it amounted to a vindictive prosecution, finding the civil rights nonprofit did not meet the bar to demonstrate the Justice Department was motivated by animus in bringing t

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Judge rejects SPLC bid to dismiss case as ‘vindictive’ prosecution

A federal judge in Alabama denied the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) bid to dismiss a case brought by the Trump administration on the grounds it amounted to a vindictive prosecution, finding the civil rights nonprofit did not meet the bar to demonstrate the Justice Department was motivated by animus in bringing the case. Throughout…

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