The U.S. Supreme Court declines to intervene in a dispute over a $8.2 million jury award connected to a defamation case involving former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and Senate candidate Roy Moore. Moore had asked the Court to clear a path for him to potentially collect the award after litigation stemming from claims tied to political advertising. According to reporting, Moore’s suit targets a Democratic super PAC that, Moore alleges, ran an advertisement implying he solicited sex from a 14-year-old during an unsuccessful Senate campaign that Moore launched after being removed from Alabama’s highest court for the second time.
The Supreme Court’s action means Moore does not receive the requested relief from the justices, leaving the existing procedural posture of the defamation award dispute in place. The decision does not resolve the underlying merits in a new, substantive Supreme Court ruling on the defamation claims as described by the parties, but instead leaves Moore’s ability to pursue collection tied to the remaining lower-court proceedings and related legal issues.
