Dershowitz v. Cable News Network, Inc.

Summary

The Court denied certiorari without addressing the merits of Dershowitz’s request to overrule New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and related public-figure defamation precedents. Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, dissented from the denial. Thomas argued that the actual-malice requirement for public figures lacks support in the Constitution’s text, history, or structure and would have granted review to reconsider that requirement.