New York Times vs. Sullivan – Wikipedia

[johnkarls]

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Ordinarily, we view Wikipedia articles as only as good as their footnotes.

HOWEVER, this article is reasonably-well written and provides necessary context.

OBVIOUSLY, we disagree with the last paragraph of its section entitled “50th Anniversary” which said –

“In a 2015 TIME Magazine survey of over 50 law professors, both Owen Fiss (Yale) and Steven Schiffrin (sic – s.b. Shiffrin) (Cornell) named New York Times v. Sullivan ‘the best Supreme Court decision since 1960,’ with Fiss noting that the decision helped cement ‘the free-speech traditions that have ensured the vibrancy of American democracy’ and Schiffrin (sic – s.b. Shiffrin) remarking that the case ‘overturned the censorial aspects of the law of libel and made it far easier in what’s left of our democracy for citizens—including the Fourth Estate—to criticize the powerful.’”

BUT NOT the implication that Time Magazine’s 2015 survey of “over 50 law professors” was able to find only two who had a kind word to say about New York Times vs. Sullivan.

[BTW, from “over 50 law professors” being able to find only two “a-- kissers” would be pathetic since many of them including Professors Fiss and Shiffrin are wannabe attorneys arguing before the Supreme Court which has SUPREME DISCRETION re whose cases they will decide to hear.]

BUT LEVITY ASIDE, our Aug 11 meeting will address WHAT AN ATROCIOUS decision it was because it has produced IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE virtually nothing but lies to the public while pols do NOT dare lie to campaign contributors.

Here is a copy of the Wikipedia article –

RL-h803-NewYorkTimesVsSullivan-WikipediaArticle.docx

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