My Article In The Daily Beast On Sarah Palin's Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
If the case gets to the Supreme Court, it could rewrite the law
Here is a link to my opinion piece in The Daily Beast on Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, which comes to trial on February 3. As I write in the article, former Governor Palin and her legal team have argued that sixty-years of precedent providing for heightened protection for the press from defamation suits, starting with Times v. Sullivan, should be overturned. That argument cannot win, unless the case makes it all the way to the Supreme Court.