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Court Rejects Defamation Standard | Wilmington News
Former president drops a legal bombshell during a 60 Minutes interview, recalling a past payday from CBS — just as the Supreme Court declines to hear a defamation case involving attorney Alan Dershowitz. Conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissent, arguing the court missed a chance to revisit the “actual malice” standard set in 1964 — a hurdle Dershowitz himself called “impossible” to meet. The dissenters suggest the founders might have expected stronger protections for public figures, echoing the former president’s long-standing push to weaken libel laws and make it easier…
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