Thomas Fires Warning Shot at Media, Organizations That Lie About Conservatives
Justice Clarence Thomas, himself subject to increasing attack, urges a review of the legal standard governing defamation of "public figures."
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Justice Clarence Thomas, himself subject to increasing attack, urges a review of the legal standard governing defamation of "public figures."
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear D. James Kennedy Ministries' (DJKM) defamation and discrimination lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for its published claim labeling the Christian ministry as a "hate group" alongside the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, and other infamous hate organizations. Even though the Supreme Court declined to hear the case without comment, Justice Clarence Thomas signaled to the high court that it should revisit the longstanding precedent regarding defamation lawsuits.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a defamation lawsuit brought by D. James Kennedy Ministries against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which describes the evangelical Christian ministry as an "Anti-LGBT hate group."
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, a 1964 ruling that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel and has been a bedrock of U.S. media law.