Creepy Clarence is an ORIGINALIST and the Framers never said in the First Amendment that celebs had to overcome a higher barrier to claim libel.
OK, I guess he's right about that.
In fact, he's SO right that...the Framers didn't bother to mention libel
at all. So if Creepy Clarence really cares about ORIGINALISM he should be pissing on libel law altogether, not complaining about one particular SCOTUS decision.
fwiw Hugo Black's thoughts on the subject:
Quote:
“The only sure way to protect speech and press against these threats is to recognize that libel laws are abridgments of speech and press and therefore are barred in both federal and state courts by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. I repeat what I said in the New York Times case that ‘An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.’ “
So yeah, the cynic/realist in me thinks Creepy Clarence doesn't give a squirt of piss about ORIGINALISM, he's just stanning for Trump.