[Soul of the South]

The outcome may depend on where she is filing. If it is in New York state it will likely be heard by a liberal Democrat NY Times reading judge and the jury will be made up primarily of Democrats who hate Republicans.

[Eagle Forgotten]

The outcome may depend on where she is filing.

She filed in federal court for the Southern District of New York. The judges on that court are a mix of Democratic and Republican appointees; one will be assigned to the case by random selection.

Palin's bigger worry about the locale is that the pool of prospective jurors is heavily Democratic. The counties of Manhattan and the Bronx have been solidly blue since before we called such places blue. Westchester was historically Republican but has flipped; Clinton beat Trump, 65%-31%. The remaining (upstate) counties in the district are less populous and more evenly divided.

She'll also have a problem proving damages. Sorry to disappoint the "take them for all they're worth" crowd, but that's not how the law works. If she were to win, which is by no means certain (the editorial might be protected opinion), she would not get punitive damages. Her damage award would be whatever amount would fairly compensate her for the harm she suffered. Did she lose any lucrative speaking engagements because of this? I doubt it. There's a good chance she'd recover only $1 nominal damages plus reimbursement of expenses (including court filing fees but NOT including attorney's fees).