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A short excerpt from today's long decision in U.S. v. Mackey by Second Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston, joined by Judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson: On November 1 and 2, 2016, ...

CORRECTION, April 11, 2023: A jury convicted Douglass Mackey in relation to memes he posted during the 2016 presidential campaign. An earlier version of this title suggested otherwise. Joe Biden’s ...

Just before Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump, a 26-year-old Twitter user named Douglas Mackey posted some memes that got him indicted on federal charges. But not immediately.

A jury has found former internet troll Douglass Mackey guilty of violating people’s constitutional right to vote by disseminating memes encouraging Democrats to vote via text in the 2016 election. The ...