DeSantis, Wants SCOTUS to Roll Back 1964 Press Freedom ruling

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https://dnyuz.com/2023/02/10/desantis-aiming-at-a-favorite-foil-wants-to-roll-back-press-freedom/




Mr. DeSantis is the latest figure, and among the most influential, to join a growing list of Republicans calling on the court to revisit the 1964 ruling, known as The New York Times Company v. Sullivan.

The decision set a higher bar for defamation lawsuits involving public figures, and for years it was viewed as sacrosanct. That standard has empowered journalists to investigate and criticize public figures without fear that an unintentional error will result in crippling financial penalties.

But emboldened by the Supreme Court’s recent willingness to overturn longstanding precedent, conservative lawyers, judges, legal scholars and politicians have been leading a charge to review the decision and either narrow it or overturn it entirely.

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“How did it get to be this doctrine that has had really profound effects on society?” he said at the event, which featured two libel lawyers known for suing news organizations and a conservative scholar who recently published an essay titled “Overturn New York Times v. Sullivan.”

[Joinfortmill]

1. Detest this beast.

[GenThePerservering]

2. I suspect they don't realise

This would come back and bit them in the backside.

[emulatorloo]

3. Yeah. They never think anything through to the logical conclusions.

[crickets]

5. Shh. Never interrupt the enemy in the middle of a mistake. nt

[Freethinker65]

4. Bye bye to FoxNews.