I’m encouraged following the argument.

One of the judges found it “particularly concerning” that the SPLC’s client kept changing her story.

When Liberty Counsel attorneys questioned Janet Jenkins under oath, she told one story, repeating the same facts some 20 times.

But then her SPLC attorneys requested a 45-minute break to “confer” with their client. When Jenkins came back to answer questions from her own SPLC attorney, Jenkins testified to the exact opposite of what she had just said under oath. 

Then, when Liberty Counsel questioned her again, Jenkins abandoned the the SPLC’s coaching while her attorney was questioning her and reverted to her original testimony. 

It was obvious to the court that during the 45-minute break, the SPLC attorneys were attempting to change her story. 

That’s why, in addition to clearing our good name, Liberty Counsel will ask the court to sanction the SPLC.

Because the reality is, had Janet Jenkins and the SPLC been honest in 2017, this case would have been dismissed — and her attorneys know it. 

Instead, the SPLC and their client continued these baseless allegations in order to wage lawfare against us. 

If Janet Jenkins and the SPLC been truthful, we would not have invested over 12,000 hours providing 186,000 documents, thousands of exhibits, 25 depositions, and hundreds and hundreds of pages of legal arguments. 

But, I’m also concerned:

While the oral arguments went well and the Court of Appeals should affirm the judgment from the lower court in our favor, the SPLC will not easily give up. 

As former SPLC spokesman Mark Potok claimed in 2009, “We mean to destroy them.” That’s been their intent all along.  

We’ve been forced to spend over 12,000 hours and a ridiculous amount of money defending ourselves from something the SPLC and their client know we didn’t do. 

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Thank you for standing with Liberty Counsel.

Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

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SOURCES:

“Jenkins V. Miller Et Al, 2:2012Cv00184 - Document 895 (D. Vt. 2025).” Justia Law. Accessed October 22, 2026. Law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/vermont/vtdce/2:2012cv00184/21958/895/.

“Overview of the SPLC’s ‘Hate Groups’ List.” Center for Immigration Studies. Accessed October 20, 2026. Cis.org/Overview-SPLCs-Hate-Groups-List.