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minus-squareshane@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoI thought SLAPP was for civil cases though?
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoI’m not referring to any specific legislation, more the concept. It’s designed to discourage people from participating in the legal system at all.
minus-squareshane@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 minutes agoSLAPP is designed to prevent people like Trump from using the legal system to silence and otherwise harm critics.
I thought SLAPP was for civil cases though?
I’m not referring to any specific legislation, more the concept. It’s designed to discourage people from participating in the legal system at all.
SLAPP is designed to prevent people like Trump from using the legal system to silence and otherwise harm critics.