Good News: Islamic Groups Lose Attempt to Silence Journalist Joe Kaufman

An encouraging decision regarding Joe Kaufman, who has been fearlessly documenting stealth jihad in America.

Lawfare has failed in this Texas case:

"Seven Islamic organizations lost an appeal of a free speech ruling in the Texas Second Court of Appeals late last week, as the court upheld the rights of an internet journalist that pointed out ties of some American Islamic groups to terrorist groups."

"The court issued a two page opinion upholding the dismissal of the libel suit, and upholding his rights as a journalist to appeal the lower court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the libel claim before a time-consuming and expensive trial."

"Usually, a defendant is required to wait until after a trial to appeal an unfavorable court ruling.“It is gratifying to see our client’s First Amendment rights being upheld by this entire Texas Appeals Court,” said Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, which provided Mr. Kaufman's lead attorney at no charge. "

“We do not yet know if these Islamic groups will try another appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, but this ruling is an indication of how strong this First Amendment case is.”