The Association of American Publishers and the American Library Association are endorsing the Free Speech Protection Act, which was inspired by New York state's Libel Terrorism Protection Act, passed earlier this year.
The occasion for both, as readers well know, is author Rachel Ehrenfeld's struggle to defend her First Amendment rights in the face of a foreign libel judgment brought against her for exposing the financial networks that underwrite terrorism. That struggle was marvelously documented by MPI fellow Jared Lapidus in his short film, The Libel Tourist, which played a role in inspiring both pieces of legislation, and which is currently being recommended by the AAP in its emails regarding the proposed federal law.