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Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

While it has received little coverage in the mainstream media, the conservative group Project Veritas won a major victory against the New York Times this week in a defamation case with potentially wide reach. Notably, this follows another significant loss by the New York Times to Sarah Palin last year. seven times.

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Democratic Member Accuses Colleagues Of Conducting “Surveillance” For Capitol Rioters

JonathanTurley

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. In Neiman-Marcus v. Confidential.”

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Two Professors Face Discipline After Posting Flyers Denouncing a Conservative Colleague

JonathanTurley

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision over 50 years ago in New York Times v. The New York Times had run an advertisement referring to abuses of civil rights marchers and the arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. seven times.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Free speech has always held a precarious position in Australia which does not have an equivalent to the First Amendment in guaranteeing free speech as a constitutional right. Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. Conversely, New York charged a woman for calling police in a racially charged incident in Central Park. In 2009, the New York courts ruled that Metro workers were not legally required to assist a woman being raped at a station.

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“Nevermind”: California Man Sues Band 30 Years After Being Featured as a Naked Baby on Iconic Cover

JonathanTurley

Civil and statutory claims can be curtailed by constitutional limitations. Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. In New York Times v. This is such a case in my view. In 2002, the U.S. In Ashcroft v.

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MSNBC Analyst Calls for Liability for Boebert and Carlson … for the Colorado Shootings

JonathanTurley

The most obvious form of civil liability would be some type of tort action. One of the leading cases occurred in 1952 in a New York lawsuit. Moreover, arguing that these speakers induced violence under another form of tort liability would be quickly rejected under the First Amendment. In Neiman-Marcus v.

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