Introduced
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To adopt a “free speech defense act” that would prohibit Michigan courts from enforcing a libel judgement issued by a court in a county that does not practice specified due process safeguards, or that upholds a cause deemed “repugnant to the public policy of this state.” Similar laws adopted by other states are seen as a response to so-called “libel tourism,” and in particular to perceived Islamicist persecution.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
