Paul Collins, legal studies and political science, is quoted in a new Newsweek article describing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' interest in revisiting New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. The decision makes it challenging for public figures to sue over charges of defamation. Collins, calling the possibility of the decision being overturned "very significant," says that, "It would make it much, much easier for public figures to succeed in defamation cases. Public figures would no longer have to show that media acted with ‘actual malice,’ which is a difficult standard to prove."
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