Are political ads protected under the First Amendment? In this episode of No. 86, Professor Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law explains how New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), a landmark Supreme Court case, transformed our understanding of libel law.

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Related Links:

Oyez: New York Times v. Sullivan
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/39

DC Bar: Window to the Past: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/october-2014-nyt-sullivan.cfm

ABA Journal: 50 years after New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, do courts still value journalists’ watchdog role?
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/50_years_after_new_york_times_v._sullivan_do_courts_still_value_journalists

Washington Post: Antonin Scalia hates ‘NYT v. Sullivan’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2012/12/04/antonin-scalia-hates-nyt-v-sullivan/?utm_term=.abd3f7dddc6f

The Atlantic: The Civil Rights Heroes the Court Ignored in New York Times v. Sullivan
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/the-civil-rights-heroes-the-court-ignored-in-em-new-york-times-v-sullivan-em/284550/

Chicago Unbound: Was New York Times v. Sullivan Wrong?
http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2295&context=journal_articles