The Supreme Court declined to hear Alex Jones ‘ effort to appeal a $1.4 billion judgment against him brought by families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre.

Jones was found liable for spreading false conspiracy theories about the massacre in 2022. Jones had asserted that the shootings were staged as part of a federal plot to confiscate Americans’ guns.

In asking the Supreme Court to take the case, Jones’ attorneys argued, “If this Court allows its decision to stand, it will signal to other courts that the First Amendment’s guarantees for freedom of speech

– even vitriolic and hateful speech – can be relaxed if popular sentiment reaches a generalized consensus that the speech offends delicate sensibilities.”

Family members of the victims filed

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