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The Hockey Mom vs. The Gray Lady

It’s a strong possibility that Sarah Palin’s embarrassment makes First Amendment history, but not for the reasons you think.

Sarah Palin
Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency
Eriq Gardner
February 3, 2022

Today, at a federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, in one of those Brutalist buildings made famous by Law & Order, Sarah Palin finally stepped into court to prove to a jury that The New York Times defamed her with an editorial that partially, and nevertheless incorrectly, blamed her for inciting a 2011 shooting that injured a member of Congress. The showdown, as the advance hype goes, may achieve a MAGA dream: Making it easier to sue over Fake News.