New York Times v. Sullivan

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U.S. federal law that protects the press from defamation suits by public officials

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Randa AbdelfattahThroughline · The shifting line between free speech and a criminal threat · 10:40 · 11 Jun
…And that's because just a few years before Watts, the Supreme Court had decided another big free speech case, the New York Times v. Sullivan, which protected the media by making it hard for public officials to sue for defamation.…
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