Dominion’s case against Fox News goes to trial next week. Is the First Amendment really on the line?
Ever since Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, it has taken a hard turn to the right, with a 6-3 conservative majority, and. Under these conditions, Kirtley said, tinkering with New York Times v. Sullivan will be"almost irresistible."
Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, Roy Rochlin/Getty Images, Steven Ferdman/Getty Images Freeman, the executive director of the Media Law Resource Center, thinks otherwise. The Sullivan standard, he said, is what makes the free press free. "The risk of killing political debate is real and important. The risk of poisoning that debate by intentional falsity is also a great risk," he said."And that's the balance that the Sullivan court strike tried to strike in 1964. It's still an issue. Falsity is harmful."
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