A Texas appeals court just slashed Alex Jones's $50 million judgment down to $1.5 million — and the reason why should trouble every American who has ever held an unpopular opinion. The Texas Third Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis failed to show sufficient evidence that harassment inflamed by Jones's hoax claims rose to a level exceeding the state's $750,000 statutory cap on damages. In plain English: the court said the original award was legally unsupported and outsized by design.
This is not a vindication of Alex Jones. Jones was wrong about Sandy Hook, and he conceded during the trial that the 2012 attack was
