letter to the editor
Unintended consequences
Dear Editor:
The Supreme Court may just have created the current political environment with its unanimous Sullivan vs New York Times decision in 1964. Public officials may not recover damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made with actual malice.
Are there no longer any consequences for telling lies?
Edward J. Polewarczyk
Wiscasset
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