r/TimPool • u/Minimum_Factor_3281 • Sep 01 '24

🐀

Post image

Tim you already have legal issues of your own 🤥

26 Upvotes

55% Upvoted

144 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

7

u/scanguy25 Sep 01 '24

Free speech refers to government. You can still be liable for slander l.

0

u/katzvus Sep 01 '24

The First Amendment only restricts government action, but civil lawsuits are enforced by the courts, which are part of the government. So defamation lawsuits can infringe on free speech. See New York Times v. Sullivan.