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

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4. Palin loses

3:52 PM EST
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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/