The US Supreme Court on Monday tossed Coral Ridge v Souther Poverty Law Center, a case engineered to sell the MAGA majority on overturning the landmark 1964 case New York Times v Sullivan, which set the high bar on the ability for public figures to claim libel in media coverage.
In his dissent however, Clarence Thomas set an open invitation for other right wing-funded plaintiffs to take another crack at it, writing “I would grant certiorari in this case to revisit the ‘actual malice’ standard. This case is one of many showing how New York Times and its progeny have allowed media organizations and interest groups ‘to cast false aspersions on public figures with near impunity,'” basically saying Trump should’ve been able to sue any and every media outlet that ever said he’s a fat rapey traitor who enriched himself with Russian blood money.