The U.S. Supreme Court declines to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, leaving higher bar for libel in place.
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Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark First Amendment decision, leaving higher bar for libel in place
The Supreme Court has declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, a 1964 ruling that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel and has been a bedrock of US media law.
