State AG charged with adopting SPLC's extreme agenda

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State AG charged with adopting SPLC's extreme agenda
Accused of 'weaponizing' office by endorsing leftists' 'false' narrative
Published: 3 days ago
 

An organization that is suing Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for “weaponizing” her office by lending its authority to the “false political narrative” of the Southern Poverty Law Center says the trial must go on.

The American Freedom Law Center sued Nessel and Agustin Arbulu of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights when they adopted SPLC’s notorious “hate” designation for AFLC, and posted it on the state website.

SPLC has in recent years launched full scale attacks on organizations, not because they promote “hate” but because they disagree with SPLC’s social agenda on abortion, homosexuality, gay marriage and other issues.

https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/state-ag-charged-with-adopting-splcs-extreme-agenda/

[PeteS in CA]

An update on this case:

https://pjmedia.com/trending/hate-group-lawsuit-clears-hurdle-judeo-christian-group-warns-splc-day-of-reckoning-is-coming/

'Hate Group' Lawsuit Clears Hurdle, Judeo-Christian Group Warns SPLC 'Day of Reckoning' Is Coming

While America was distracted with impeachment and the 2020 Democrats last week, a monumental lawsuit against Orwellian government surveillance cleared a major hurdle in a Michigan district court. The case American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) v. Nessel involves the defense of free speech against government surveillance based on the far-left smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and its allegedly defamatory "hate group" accusations.
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Last Wednesday, federal district judge Paul Maloney agreed that the AFLC has a powerful case against Nessel and former Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) Executive Director Agustin Arbulu. He denied Nessel's and Arbulu's motions to dismiss the lawsuit, allowing the case to proceed to discovery. This means AFLC will be able to request all documents showing communication involving Nessel, Arbulu, and the SPLC.
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While Nessel and Arbulu "cannot control who SPLC labels a hate group," their action of "referencing SPLC’s reports as the justification for the Policy Directive" places the government's imprimatur on the SPLC's "hate group" accusations inside the state of Michigan. "Notably, AFLC contends it does not engage in any criminal activity and further contends it has been placed on SPLC’s list of hate groups because of its constitutionally-protected activities."

"AFLC has established both a harm to its reputation and a credible fear that it will be targeted by the State of Michigan under the Policy Directive," Maloney noted. ...

Allowing the lawsuit tp proceed to discovery is not an indicator of the outcome, but it is the first-line refusal to dismiss the case. Basically, the SPLC has listed AFLC as a "hate group" because AFLC takes on and sometimes wins cases the SPLC disapproves of.