June 27, 2022 05:05 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/27/23184792/supreme-court-coral-ridge-splc-petition-denied-libel-law-actual-malice
The Supreme Court says it wont consider rewriting defamation law... yet
The Supreme Court has turned down a request to revisit a decades-old libel ruling, despite a dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas. This morning, the court denied a petition to hear Coral Ridge Ministries Media v. Southern Poverty Law Center, in which an evangelical Christian ministry accused the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of falsely designating it as an anti-LGBTQ hate group.
If it had overturned the ruling, the Supreme Court would have greatly increased the odds of public figures winning libel cases in the future. Instead, the decision delays (but likely won’t end) a long-running push to expand the scope of defamation law.
Coral Ridge Ministries Media v. SPLC hinges on the “actual malice” standard — a protection that means...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/27/23184792/supreme-court-coral-ridge-splc-petition-denied-libel-law-actual-malice
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