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    "Brett Favre",
    "defamation",
    "First Amendment",
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  "textContent": "Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today over its welfare scandal could be revived after several Mississippi Supreme Court justices questioned a lower court’s dismissal and suggested a jury should consider the case.\n\nThe post Phil Bryant’s Defamation Lawsuit Over Welfare Scandal Reporting Could Be Revived, Justices Signal appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.",
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