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This is just straight up not true, as anyone who passed a K12 government/civics class in the US can tell you. Libel laws _are_ a restriction on your 1st Amendme
by cmeacham98 5y ago
This is just straight up not true, as anyone who passed a K12 government/civics class in the US can tell you. Libel laws _are_ a restriction on your 1st Amendment rights - that was never really in question.
Originally, libel was considered completely devoid of 1A protections. Most defamation laws even allowed you to sue for *truthful* statements. However, in the landmark case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan), the USSC reversed this and ruled that the 1st Amendment partially applied to libel and laws must be scoped as such.
- moralestapia 5y ago>as anyone who passed a K12 government/civics class in the US can tell you That's unnecessary, but probably you need to retake such class. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, if anything, established new criteria intended to further protect the rights given by the 1st Ammendment; among those the so called malice standard that I referenced in my earlier comment.