Should The Supreme Court Overturn New York Times v. Sullivan? by Madison S.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/clarence-thomas-libel-first-amendment-new-york-times-sullivan-bill-cosby/index.html

There is many allegations against political figures in the United States. Most of them have not been proven. A libel law would hold the alligator responsible if those claims were made to harm the reputation or career of the alleged. Justice Clarence Thomas calls for New York Times v. Sullivan to be overturned. 

New York Times v. Sullivan was a landmark case. New York Times published an article about the Montgomery, Alabama commissioner. L.B. Sullivan said the article would damage his reputation, and it took his first amendment away. .It decided that the press had the right to report on any political figure they deem important. 

If New York Times v. Sullivan is overturned then the one who is accused of doing something and it can not be proven wrong and the alligator was just accusing the person to ruin their reputation then the alleged can sue. Justice Thomas said, ¨New York Times and the Court's decisions extending it were policy-driven decisions masquerading as constitutional law,.¨ This meaning that the court in 1964 was disguising a policy- decision as a constitutional law.


Should The Supreme Court Overturn New York Times v. Sullivan? Does Justice Thomas have a valid point why it should be overturned? If someone is falsely accused, should the accuser be prosecuted?