Thomas, Gorsuch say Supreme Court should revisit landmark libel ruling

Summary

Justice Clarence Thomas renewed his calls for the Supreme Court to revisit its 1964 landmark decision that makes it difficult to bring defamation suits against public figures.  The conservative justice’s urging came as his colleagues declined to take up an appeal from longtime Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz on Monday.  Dershowitz petitioned the Supreme Court to revive his defamation lawsuit…