America First Legal Files Brief Defending Douglass Mackey’s Right to Free Speech and Against Biden’s Weaponization … – America First Legal

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, America First Legal (AFL), along with its co-counsel at Boyden Gray PLLC, filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit supporting Douglass Mackeys right to free speech.

Douglass Mackey was convicted in federal court in New York for posting satirical memes on the internetunder the statute generally referred to as the Ku Klux Klan Act. This selective prosecution by the Biden Administrations Department of Justice (DOJ) comes amid the DOJs failure to charge progressive activists for doing the exact same thing and its larger efforts to prosecute and use the government against political opponents.

Speech about elections and political rivals even if misleading or inaccurate, and especially satirical speech is as old as democracy itself, yet no one ever thought Section 241 made that a crime. In its brief, AFL noted that it is telling that the government has cited no cases where section 241 has been applied to deceptive speech on any topic.

In its brief, AFL argues:

The governments application of Section 241 opens Pandoras box and effectively places no limitation on how it could be applied in the future. AFL argues that the governments interpretation of the word injure in this context is without support in the statute or historical practice. AFL is proud to continue the fight against government targeting of conservative free speech.

Statement from Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Vice President and General Counsel:

If you have any doubts about the current state of affairs in the United States, the Biden Administrations lack of respect for free speech, or the extent of the weaponization of the Department of Justice, the Biden Administration used the KKK Act to prosecute Douglass Mackey for posting memes on social media. This unprecedented prosecution could set the stage for even more prosecutions by the Biden Administration for speech with which it disagrees. This cannot stand, and we are proud to file a brief in support of Mr. Mackey, said Gene Hamilton.

Read the brief here.

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