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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sarah Palin’s defamation suit retrial against the New York Times raises first amendment concerns

a woman leaves a building while holding a stack of papers
Sarah Palin leaves federal court in New York on 14 April. Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AP

When Sarah Palin arrived at a federal court on Monday, her appearance promised little in the way of legal fireworks.

Palin was in downtown Manhattan for a retrial in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. She lost her first trial against the newspaper in 2022 and the legal basis of Palin’s civil claim – that an incorrect editorial unlawfully smeared her – remains the same.

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