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Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

JonathanTurley

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court has previously discussed the danger to both free speech and the free press is the imposition of tort liability for political or social commentary. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S.

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