随着法官们周一开始新任期，罗伊·摩尔是从最高法院收到坏消息的一长串人之一。
Roy Moore is on a long list of people who got bad news from the Supreme Court as the justices began their new term Monday.
他的请愿书被拒绝标志着这位前阿拉巴马州首席大法官的最新上诉被拒绝，他试图挽救2017年共和党参议院竞选失败期间的竞选广告产生的820万美元陪审团奖金。他说，这则广告错误地将他描绘成向一名14岁女孩求爱。
The denial of his petition marked the latest appellate rejection for the former Alabama chief justice, who sought to salvage an $8.2 million jury award stemming from a campaign ad during his failed GOP campaign for the Senate in 2017. He said the ad falsely portrayed him as soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl.
摩尔此前在一项紧急动议中败诉，该动议试图阻止针对阿拉巴马州陪审团裁决的上诉裁决生效。负责处理东南巡回法院紧急诉讼请求的法官克拉伦斯·托马斯（Clarence Thomas）于六月底完成了先前的失败。
Moore previously lost an emergency motion that tried to block an appellate ruling against that Alabama jury verdict from taking effect. Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles urgent litigation requests from the Southeastern circuit, delivered the prior defeat in late June.
周一的否认出现在一份命令清单上，该清单宣布了对未决请愿书采取的最新行动，其中大部分是一长串案件中的否认，这些案件是在法官们返回法官席开始新任期时公布的。根据法院的典型做法，拒绝没有任何解释，也没有任何法官表示有兴趣审查摩尔的上诉。需要四名法官才能批准审查。
Monday’s denial appeared on an order list announcing the latest action on pending petitions, mostly denials in a long list of cases, which was published as the justices returned to the bench to start their new term. In line with the court’s typical practice, there was no explanation for the rejection, and none of the justices signaled any interest in reviewing Moore’s appeal. It takes four justices to grant review.
鉴于法官们在周一之前的处理方式，摩尔请愿书的拒绝几乎是板上钉钉的事。与民主党结盟的参议院多数党政治行动委员会在上诉法院获胜，放弃了在最高法院对摩尔作出回应的权利。当这种情况发生时，法官有时会要求做出回应。但这并没有发生在这里，这表明请愿书即将被拒绝，而周一发生的情况就是如此。
The rejection of Moore’s petition was all but guaranteed in light of how the justices treated it ahead of Monday. The Democratic-aligned Senate Majority PAC, which won in the appeals court, waived its right to respond to Moore at the Supreme Court. When that happens, the justices will sometimes request a response. But that didn’t happen here, signaling the petition was headed for rejection, which is what happened Monday.
摩尔的败诉也标志着法院最新拒绝了一份请愿书，该请愿书要求法官重新考虑其诽谤先例，该先例可以追溯到1964年具有里程碑意义的纽约时报公司诉沙利文案，该案件给寻求赢得诽谤案件的公众人物带来了沉重的负担。
Moore’s loss also marks the court’s latest denial of a petition asking the justices to reconsider their defamation precedents dating back to the landmark New York Times Co. v. Sullivan case from 1964, which imposes a high burden on public figures seeking to win defamation cases.
美国第十一巡回上诉法院在作出裁决时，认同了参议院多数党政治行动委员会的观点：摩尔未能提供明确且令人信服的证据，证明该组织在广告中传达的言论是出于“实际恶意”而发布的。根据最高法院的判例，原告必须证明所指控的诽谤内容是在发布者明知其为虚假信息，或罔顾其真实性情况下发表的。
When it ruled against him, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit agreed with Senate Majority PAC that Moore failed to present clear and convincing evidence that the group published the implication in the ad with “actual malice,” as required under Supreme Court precedent, which makes plaintiffs prove the alleged defamation was made with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard for whether it was false.
这则发布于2017年的广告援引新闻报道称，摩尔“实际上曾被禁止进入加兹登购物中心……因为他试图向年轻女孩索要性服务”，其中一名女孩“年仅14岁，当时正在担任圣诞老人的助手”。欲获取每周重要法律事件的专业分析，包括最高法院动态及特朗普政府相关法律案件进展，请
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