Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark First Amendment decision, leaving higher bar for libel in place

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The 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.

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court's refusal to take up the case.

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