Trout Point Lodge, Limited v. Doug Handshoe

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to construe the newly-enacted Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act (the “SPEECH Act”), 28 U.S.C. § 4102. Appellants Trout Point Lodge, Ltd. (“Trout Point Lodge”), Vaughn Perret (“Perret”), and Charles Leary (“Leary”) (collectively, “Trout Point”) seek to enforce a defamation-based default judgment that they obtained against Appellee Doug K. Handshoe (“Handshoe”) in Nova Scotia, Canada. We agree with the district court that Trout Point cannot satisfy its burden under the SPEECH Act to show…