Prior Restraint

  1. Sarah Palin at CPAC, 2015

    Palin’s push into press freedom precedent

    SLAPPs Article

    The case Sarah Palin lost against The New York Times this week was the first libel claim to even go to trial against the paper in nearly two decades. That these cases are so rare reflects a critically important precedent in American law — one established by the Times itself. And though it's a cornerstone of press freedom, it's increasingly under attack.