Roger Stone Threatens Lauren Windsor with SLAPP Lawsuit Over SCOTUS Recordings

Yet another MAGA attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech.

Roger Stone’s recent Twitter threat to pursue legal action against journalist Lauren Windsor under Florida's two-party consent law for her secret recordings of Justices Alito and Roberts at a Supreme Court Historical Society event don’t hold water under scrutiny.

The odds seem stacked against any potential lawsuit despite his bloviating.

You see, Florida's anti-SLAPP law is in place to shield individuals from legal actions designed to stifle constitutionally protected speech on matters of public interest. And it's hard to argue that Windsor's recordings, which captured Alito's eyebrow-raising comments about steering the country back to a "place of godliness," don't fit that bill. As two of the nation's top judges, Alito and Roberts are undeniably public figures, and their expectations of privacy are significantly lower than your average Joes, especially when hobnobbing at high-profile events open to the public.

When it comes to the thorny issue of recording conversations, Florida stands …