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Bill: Slander and Libel Laws Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic-Social Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 4668
Description[?]:
| We cannot limit the right to a free speech. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Application of libel and slander laws.
Old value:: Libel and slander laws apply to and may be applied by all individuals.
Current: Libel and slander laws apply to and may be applied by all individuals.
Proposed: Private individuals are exempt from libel and slander suits by public figures.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:38:09, November 21, 2019 CET | From | Social Green Party | To | Debating the Slander and Libel Laws Reform |
| Message | The Social Green Party is strongly against this bill, as it fundamentally upsets the fairness in the justice system. While this bill is most likely well-intentioned, this would destroy be a huge blow to the idea of libel laws. While libel laws can be and are overused, limiting them to certain individuals is very unfair. Public figures very often are slandered, and while they do have more opportunities to defend themselves in the court of public opinion, it is simply not fair to allow the courts to only protect some. The next issue is with the idea of a public figure, as what makes someone public or not. One might have been published in a local newspaper, and be a public figure locally, but be completely unheard of 10 miles away. Instead of passing vague and unfair laws, we should focus on preventing SLAPP suits, which allows people to abuse libel laws to silence opposition, the main issue that the Slander and Libel Laws Reform bill was most likely proposed to fix. |
| Date | 06:57:11, November 21, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Slander and Libel Laws Reform |
| Message | The importance of this bill is because those people who choose to enter public life are also accepting their vulnerability to harder public scrutiny and this includes criticism. The problem is, that criticism can be seen as slander and a public officer is constantly subjected to criticism, the current slander and libel laws constitute a terrible violation and restriction to free speech rights. Marion Byrd Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Lela Lambert Judiciary Committee Chair Theodore Carson Homeland Security and Internal Affairs Committee Chair |
| Date | 13:57:14, November 21, 2019 CET | From | Social Green Party | To | Debating the Slander and Libel Laws Reform |
| Message | That is what anti-SLAPP legislation does, enabling someone to have to prove that it even slightly is neat libel criteria before the actual trial takes place, and isn't just there to silence criticism. Locking someone out of the legal system is NOT a way to make it fair. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 650 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 25 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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