“‘Uncritically awarding government officials hundreds of thousands of dollars defeats the purpose of our fundamental civil rights statutes,’ scaring victims of modest means away from filing lawsuits to vindicate ‘vital constitutional protections,’ according to the friend-of-the-court brief signed by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, ACLU of Missouri and Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression among others.” – Just the News, May 25, 2023