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#SCOTUS rebuffs #AlanDershowitz $300 million suit against #CNN

The Supreme Court refused Monday to revive the attorney’s #defamation lawsuit against CNN over its coverage of remarks he made while defending #Trump during his 2020 #impeachment.

Justices Neil #Gorsuch & #ClarenceThomas dissented from the majority decision, saying legal standards for public figures who claim defamation should be reconsidered.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress
https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-iran-updates-06-29-2026#0000019f-13aa-d928-adbf-3faf8d6c0000

Live updates: Supreme Court says Fed’s Lisa Cook can keep job for now in series of rulings during final week

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve.

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Jun 29 at 2:49pmWeb
Show threadNonilex2d ago

#AlanDershowitz said #CNN aired only part of a comment he made, distorting his meaning to make him look like he’d “lost his mind,” acc/to court documents.

The network said that multiple outlets had interpreted his remarks in a similar way, & Dershowitz couldn’t show CNN was trying to mischaracterize what he said.

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress

Show threadNonilex2d ago

#AlanDershowitz had urged the justices to reconsider New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark #FirstAmendment case that made it harder for public figures to win libel lawsuits by requiring proof that an outlet either knowingly published something false, or showed a reckless disregard for the truth.

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Show threadThad2d ago

@Nonilex Clarence Thomas has been trying to lower the standard for defamation for public figures for a decade.

It seems like there's probably a reason why he'd be so interested in making it easier for public figures to sue the media for their reporting, but I can't quite put my Long Dong Silver on it.