Two Supreme Court Justices Want to Revisit a Landmark Free-Press Ruling

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August 27, 2021

Two Supreme Court justices are taking aim at New York Times Co. v Sullivan, which requires public figures alleging libel to prove the publisher printed a statement knowing it was false or without caring whether it was true.

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