Appeals Court Revives Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
deadline.comA federal appeals court has revived Sarah Palin‘s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, finding fault with the way that a trial court judge announced that he planned to dismiss the case as a jury was deliberating. “The jury is sacrosanct in our legal system, and we have a duty to protect its constitutional role, both by ensuring that the jury’s role is not usurped by judges and by making certain that juries are provided with relevant proffered evidence and properly instructed on the law,” a Circuit Court Judge John L.
Walker wrote in an opinion on behalf of a three-judge panel. The case is now remanded to a lower court for a new trial. Palin sued the Times and James Bennet, then its opinion editor, over a 2017 editorial.
The June 14, 2017 Times piece, written hours after a shooter opened fire on a congressional softball game, delved into harsh political rhetoric and its links to violence.
Bennet said he was responsible for inserting an edit into the story that linked Palin’s political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting, in which six people were killed and Rep.
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