Test Your Knowledge of Brawley and Defamation
by
United African Movement

1. Name the legal doctrine that prevents Steven Pagones from suing Alton Maddox again for statements he made against Pagones in 1988.

2. Does this legal doctrine also protect Al Sharpton and C. Vernon Mason from a defamation lawsuit for making any statements today that they made against Pagones in 1988?

3. Name the U.S. Supreme Court decision, decided in 1964, which makes it difficult for a public official to sue an ordinary person.

4. Can a third-party on behalf of a dead person or a dead person’s estate sue another person for making defamatory statements against the dead person?

5. In “booting” Justice Bruce Wright and Alton Maddox from the legal profession and Cong. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from politics, list two common threads that connect these cases.

6. Name the constitutional provision which would have protected Cong. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. had he made statements against Esther James on the floor of the House of Representatives.

7. Name the congressman from North Carolina who was able to get Sen. Barack Hussein Obama to write a letter demanding that disbarment proceedings be initiated against Durham District Attorney Michael Nifong.

8. Would Sen. Barack Hussein Obama accept the call of Alton Maddox for him to demand similar disbarment proceedings against New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams?

9. Name the law enforcement agency and the incident before Tawana Brawley which spurred a defamation lawsuit against Alton Maddox.

10. Name the original complainants to initiate a disciplinary complaint against Alton Maddox.