Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas calls for libel laws which protect media from being sued to be

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    Clarence Thomas used an opinion unsupported by other justices to attack New York Times v Sullivan which makes it more difficult for public figures to sue

    He claimed the 1964 ruling was not based in the constitution and said that states should be solely responsible for libel laws

    Supreme Court ruling he attacked says that public figures have to prove a claim was made with 'actual malice' for it to be a libel

    Ruling means that the media is protected from being sued in many cases
    Trump has called libel laws 

By Reuters

Published: 15:38 EST, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 18:49 EST, 19 February 2019

Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark 1964 ruling that made it harder for public figures to sue for defamation, a precedent that has served as powerful protection for the news media.

Thomas took aim at the unanimous ruling in the libel case known as New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in an opinion he wrote concurring with the court's decision to end a defamation suit against Bill Cosby filed by a woman who said the comedian raped her in 1974.

Thomas, one of the high court's most conservative justices, said the 55-year-old decision was not rooted in the U.S. Constitution. ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6722363/Justice-Thomas-calls-reconsidering-landmark-U-S-defamation-ruling.html

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Meanwhile, Wash Post being sued for libel in the tune of a quarter of a billion $
https://www.foxnews.com/us/covington-high-students-legal-team-sues-washington-post

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Meanwhile, Wash Post being sued for libel in the tune of a quarter of a billion $
https://www.foxnews.com/us/covington-high-students-legal-team-sues-washington-post

I understand that the difference is the Covington kids aren't public people.  Not sure how that makes sense.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Good! I'm sick of the media getting away with this crap.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I understand that the difference is the Covington kids aren't public people.  Not sure how that makes sense.

Me neither, but I hope Covington takes 'em for a lot of money.

Then I would go after the high school administration who branded them as well as the bishop.

Never should we allow another Duke Lacrosse team debacle to occur.