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Palin and Public Figures: Is it Time to Reconsider New York Times v. Sullivan and the Actual Malice Standard?

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: For those of us who teach torts, we are living in the golden age of defamation. Most recently, after numerous efforts to dismiss the case, The New York Times found itself in court defending an editorial that bizarrely appeared to blame former Alaska Gov. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.

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Judicial Palindrome: How Sarah Palin was Left with Losing by Jury or by Judge

JonathanTurley

Rakoff came up with a curious legal version of a palindrome in the defamation trial of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin v. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Here is the column: In a trial in New York, federal judge Jed S.

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Federal Judge Rejects Palin Motion For New Trial

JonathanTurley

District Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a stinging rebuke to former Alaska Gov. The Court continues to have great confidence in the integrity of the jury’s verdict, notwithstanding that a few jurors became aware, involuntarily, of the bare fact that the Court intended to dismiss the case as a matter of law.” Senior U.S.

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