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Justice Thomas Speaks Out Alone Against Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

1 posted on 10/10/2023 12:23:31 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

the ruling referred to here is what allows the media to constantly lie about Trump without fear of being sued by him.


2 posted on 10/10/2023 12:31:08 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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New York Times v. Sullivan needs to be overturned, or at least severely clipped.
3 posted on 10/10/2023 12:31:36 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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If you read the article, the full Supreme Court refused to review the case because the he sued under a WV state statute which contains the actual malice standard. NYT v. Sullivan does not apply because the Supreme Court attached an actual malice penumbra to the First Amendment which was not in the statute that Sullivan sued under.

NYT v. Sullivan has done enormous harm, no doubt.


4 posted on 10/10/2023 12:36:53 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (If Kitty Genovese had a gun, she’d be in jail today.)
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What I know is that Thomas is the last constitutional justice that will ever serve on the USSC, and sadly he has almost aged out.


5 posted on 10/10/2023 12:39:55 PM PDT by Revel
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Justice Thomas once more shows why he is my favorite justice.
16 posted on 10/10/2023 2:40:58 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: CFW
Couple of takeaways...

1.) The right to publish all statements is protected under the First Amendment. 2.) The Constitution prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood related to his official conduct.

The SC ruled unanimously in favor of the New York Times.
The Left was embedded deep in 1964.

18 posted on 10/10/2023 3:27:14 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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