******Breaking******Judge dismisses Sarah Palin suit.

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Developing...

[MontanaMama]

1. Excellent.

Now let's dismiss Caribou Barbie once and for all!

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2. Judge to Dismiss Suit

By Bob Van Voris
February 14, 2022, 3:32 PM EST

A federal judge said he would rule against former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in her defamation suit against the New York Times, saying she had failed to present enough evidence to prove her case.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said Monday he would allow the jury, which began deliberations in the case on Friday, to reach a verdict but would dismiss the case afterward regardless of their decision ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-14/judge-to-dismiss-palin-defamation-suit-against-n-y-times

[Aviation Pro]

3. Sad trombone

Also, fuck you, Caribou.

[struggle4progress]

4. Palin loses

3:52 PM EST
Last Updated a few seconds ago
Reuters

NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday threw out Sarah Palin's lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate by incorrectly linking her in an editorial to a mass murder.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said he will order the dismissal of Palin's lawsuit, but in an unusual twist will enter his order after the jury finishes its own deliberations.

Rakoff said he expected Palin to appeal, and that the appeals court "would greatly benefit from knowing how the jury would decide it."

The judge's order effectively preempted a potential jury verdict to the contrary, in a case seen as a test of longstanding protections for American media ...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/jury-resumes-deliberations-sarah-palin-case-against-new-york-times-2022-02-14/

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5. Two Supreme Court justices, Gorsuch and Thomas, have hinted they want to change NYT v. Sullivan

This case was designed to get to the SCOTUS to try to overturn NYT v. Sullivan

Link to tweet

The case — the first libel lawsuit against the Times to go to trial in the United States in nearly 20 years — holds the potential to upend decades of precedent that have offered broad protections to media organizations when writing about public figures......

Yet two Supreme Court justices, Neil M. Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, have hinted that they would like to revisit the logic of Sullivan, meaning that even a loss in this trial could send shock waves through the media industry if an appeal makes its way to the high court.

Beyond the legal issues, the courtroom phase of this case is shining a not-always-flattering light on editing practices within one of the most prestigious media outlets in the world.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

8. Interesting

So the case was perhaps set up to fail, with the intention of being appealed?

If the judge had not dismissed the case and The Screecher had won her suit, an appeal would not be available. How unusual is it for a judge to dismiss a case after it has gone to the jury?

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Oh, Sarah...............

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7. Yes!!!!! nt