The Southern Poverty Law Center prosecution is absurd. That may be the point.

By: Brian Lyman

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 27, 2026

Words: 857

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago


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Above everything else, the case against the Southern Poverty Law Center is absurd. Maybe deliberately so.

It’s hard to tell with the Trump administration. It’s a vessel floating on a current of spite, letting the vindictiveness turn it one way and then another with no apparent plan.

But everyone onboard is eager to praise their captain’s skills. Which may explain the blind fury the U.S. Department of Justice is bringing down on a group known …

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