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The landmark 1964 case involved an advertisement that was run in the ''The New York Times'' by supporters of the Reverend [[Martin Luther King]]. The police commissioner of Birmingham, Alabama, L.B. Sullivan, won a $500,000 [[libel]] judgment. It was overturned by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].  Chief Justice [[William Brennan]] wrote in the opinion that public figures would have to prove that libel was not only untrue and defamatory, but also made with “with knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard of whether it was true or false.”  The ruling essentially made it more difficult for public figures to sue for libel than private citizens.

The landmark 1964 case involved an advertisement that was run in the ''The New York Times'' by supporters of the Reverend [[Martin Luther King]]. The police commissioner of Birmingham, Alabama, L.B. Sullivan, won a $500,000 [[libel]] judgment. It was overturned by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].  Chief Justice [[William Brennan]] wrote in the opinion that public figures would have to prove that libel was not only untrue and defamatory, but also made with “with knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard of whether it was true or false.”  The ruling essentially made it more difficult for public figures to sue for libel than private citizens.

In March 2021 [[D.C. Circuit]] Judge Laurence Silberman wrote in a dissent that he was “prompted to urge the overruling of ''New York Times v. Sullivan,” and that "Two of the three most influential papers, ''The New York Times'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', are virtually [[Democratic Party]] broadsheets."

In March 2021 [[D.C. Circuit]] Judge Laurence Silberman wrote in a dissent that he was “prompted to urge the overruling of ''New York Times v. Sullivan'',” and that "Two of the three most influential papers, ''The New York Times'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', are virtually [[Democratic Party]] broadsheets."

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