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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. America Online, Inc., 3d 327, 330-31 (4th Cir.

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