Axios - The Supreme Court
on Monday declined to hear a case seeking to challenge the 1964
precedent that protects news outlets from litigation for publishing
critical information about public figures.
Conservative justices have called for the Supreme Court to revisit New York Times v. Sullivan, which determined that a plaintiff must demonstrate "actual malice" in defamation lawsuits against the press.
- In Sullivan, the court determined that the First Amendment protects news outlets from liability, even when they publish false statements, as long as the outlet did not do so knowingly and recklessly — without seeking to determine its accuracy.
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