Constitutional Law
Jan. 27, 2022
Is the First Amendment going rogue?
Former Gov. Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times slouches towards its fifth birthday and a tentative February 2022 trial date after being resurrected by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — it was initially dismissed on the pleadings — and continued because Palin recently contracted COVID.
Former Gov. Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times slouches towards its fifth birthday and a tentative February 2022 trial date after being resurrected by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -- it was initially dismissed on the pleadings -- and continued because Palin recently contracted COVID. (As District Judge Jed Rakoff bemoaned, "she is, of course, not vaccinated.") At issue is a 2017 Times editorial lamenting "America's...
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