Thomas, Gorsuch say Supreme Court should revisit landmark libel ruling
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Justice Clarence Thomas believes the Supreme Court should reconsider its 1964 ruling that makes it challenging to sue public figures for libel, and he urged this change after a petition to revisit …
Justice Clarence Thomas renewed his calls for the Supreme Court to revisit its 1964 landmark decision that makes it difficult to bring defamation suits against public figures. The conservative justice’s urging came as his colleagues declined to take up an appeal from longtime Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz on Monday. Dershowitz petitioned the Supreme Court to revive his defamation lawsuit...
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