Supreme Court dismisses Jussie Smollett convictions, allows Trump Tower defamation suit to continue

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The opinion noted that the Sun-Times argued its news articles furthered government participation because they addressed a matter of "public concern" and were "'investigative reports' about the activities of a public official within a government agency.
51% : "To have the lawsuit thrown out as a SLAPP, the Sun-Times had to show its reporting was "in furtherance of government participation" and that the lawsuit was both meritless and retaliatory.
43% : The court wasn't asked to decide whether the paper engaged in defamation, but rather whether the suit should be dismissed as a "strategic lawsuit against public participation" under the state's Citizen Participation Act.

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