Possible Challenge to Famous Alabama Libel Law Decision

 

 From a NY Times Opinion Column:

"Next Friday, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to meet to consider whether to hear appeals from two libel cases in which the plaintiffs seek to persuade the justices to reconsider the single greatest First Amendment victory for the press in American history.

Two of the court’s justices, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, already have expressed a readiness to do just that, a disturbing turn that could weaken speech protections and threaten the country’s free and robust press."

 

That libel decision involved an ad placed in the Times by an Alabama Civil Rights group. The decision in the resulting lawsuit is remembered as Sullivan vs The New York Times, and it is the basis for freedom of the press/media today.

 

FULL NY TIMES COLUMN IS HERE.