A federal appeals court has revived Sarah Palin’s libel suit against the New York Times over an editorial linking her to the 2011 shooting rampage in Arizona that wounded then-Rep. Gabby Giffords and killed six others
Bennet testified he wrote the passage intoand was unaware of numerous stories in the Times and other outlets that said no connection had been established between the Arizona shooting and the cross-hairs graphic released by a Palin political committee. Rakoff said that testimony established that Palin could not prove the “actual malice” required for a public figure to win a libel case.
“The hearing runs headlong into the federal rules,” wrote Judge John Walker, joined by Judges Denny Chin and John Keenan. Rakoff’s ruling seemed to be an act of judicial pushback against recent Supreme Court rulings that required judges to scrutinize suits more carefully for plausibility. Critics say those decisions prematurely shut down cases where plaintiffs might be able to prove their cases.
The appeals judge noted that Palin’s complaint alleges Bennet was personally hostile to the former Alaska governor because his brother is Sen. Michael Bennet .
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