Co. v. Sullivan, which eventually morphed into a media license to lie about public figures, in dramatic contrast to the situation that had obtained historically in the U.S, and still does in every other Common Law country.
It’s still not widely realized that defendants in libel actions brought by “public figures” in the U.S. now habitually make no effort to defend the truth of what they’ve said. They simply hide behind the enormous fault standard of
Sullivan, viz. that they lacked actual knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of the truth.
American politics are often said to be becoming more extreme and polarized. I argued last year that one reason for this, since
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The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the economy expanded 1.6 percent in the first three months of 2021, compared with 1.1 percent in the final quarter last year.
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U.S. Capitol Police to Be Sued for $10 Million for Killing Unarmed Rioter
By David Martosko, Zenger News
On 4/29/21 at 10:03 AM EDT
The family of Ashli Babbitt the only person shot during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol plans to sue the U.S. Capitol Police department, and the officer who shot her, for at least $10 million, their attorney said.
The civil suit will follow a decision by federal prosecutors not to seek criminal charges against a plainclothes police lieutenant whose single shot killed Babbitt, who was unarmed.
Babbitt, a decorated U.S. Air Force Gulf War veteran, was struck in the shoulder while attempting to illegally enter the Speaker s Lobby, an area near to the House floor, through a smashed window beside a barricaded door. It is unclear whether she heard shouted warnings over the crowd around her before she climbed within view of the lieutenant, who drew his gun and fired. Smartphone video shows Babbitt being struck in the shoulder and falling back onto
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