Media: Alabama's Libel Decision Under Assault

It was called The New York Times vs Sullivan, and the Sullivan in the name was the Montgomery Public Safety/Police Director. He sued the Times for running an ad by civil rights demonstrators,

It was the suit that made the phrase "actual malice" a critical part of 1st Amendment law, and the practice of  journalism.

Justice Clarence Thomas----and President Trump---want the courts to reconsider that decision.