Sarah Palin 
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1/31/2021
Palin v. New York Times is a Textualist Land Mine for the First Amendment
by Richard E. Labunski
In June, trial will begin in Sarah Palin's libel case against the New York Times. The case appears to be teed up on a path to the Supreme Court, where the current "actual malice" standard for proving a public figure was libeled could be overturned. If this happens, the door will be open to lawsuits aimed at crushing press criticism of the government.
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SOURCE: NYT
4-8-13
Juliet Lapidos: Thatcher -- The G.O.P.’s Favorite Foreigner
Juliet Lapidos is a staff editor with the NYT editorial board.Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday morning at 87, was American conservatives’ favorite foreigner.
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