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© Reuters. Sarah Palin (2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate) speaks to media during her defamation case against The New York Times at the United States Courthouse, Manhattan.

By Daniel Wiessner

(Reuters] – Sarah Palin lost her Tuesday trial. Now, the Republican has indicated she might go to the U.S. Supreme Court to file her libel case against New York Times. It is one of several cases which could challenge the 1964 standard that public figures must prove defamation.

These are just a few:

CHURCH LAWSUIT

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether it would challenge the malice test in the lawsuit brought by a Florida megachurch alleging that it was wrongly classified as a hate organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Coral Ridge Ministries is supported by briefs from conservative and religious groups that argue the media has been given permission to publish lies because of the low bar for defamation claims.

CONGRESSMAN’S LAWSUIT

Devin Nunes is a former Republican U.S. Congressman from California. He has filed a lawsuit alleging Ryan Lizza, Esquire’s journalist, defamed Nunes in an Esquire article in which he claimed Ryan Lizza falsely accused him of defaming him. The Esquire article stated that Nunes family had illegally employed immigrant workers on an Iowa dairy farm. St. Louis’ 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had to reopen the case after finding Lizza could have committed actual malice in posting a Twitter link (NYSE:) to the article several months after publication. Nunes also sued.

VOTING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY’S LAWSUIT

Dominion Voting Systems has filed a lawsuit seeking $1.6 million against Fox News for promoting false conspiracy theories concerning its involvement in the 2020 Presidential Election. Fox denied these claims. Delaware’s judge rejected the motion of Fox to dismiss the case brought by the voting machine manufacturer in December.

THE LAWSUIT FOR ACTIVIST GROUPS

Project Veritas, an right-wing group is suing New York Times over claims that videos it produced regarding alleged voter corruption were “deceptive”. The Times also stated that Project Veritas is known for producing videos about controversial topics in misleading or selectively edited. On February 10, a New York State appeals court ruled that the newspaper can publish portions of Project Veritas internal memos, while the Times appeal against the judge’s ban is still pending.

RAPPER’S LAWSUIT

In January, a jury awarded Cardi B almost $4 million. It was over false claims made by a blogger about the rapper. Tasha K (the blogger) claimed she believed Cardi B’s allegations and that she didn’t act maliciously by reporting them. Tasha K.’s attorneys have stated that they intend to appeal against the verdict.

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