Two bills targeting press protections and drafted at Ron DeSantis’ urging will not face a full floor vote during this year's legislative session, which officially ends Friday.
that the “misguided” legislation would put conservative media publications in jeopardy: “SHOOTING ITSELF IN THE FOOT,” the headline blared.that DeSantis “could be on the verge of causing himself a historic and irreparable self-inflicted political wound” if he signs into law the legislation targeting media protections. “I understand the perceived intentions of this bill; however, this bill will slice both ways.
The bills were part of a broader attempt to revisit The New York Times Company v. Sullivan, a landmark Supreme Court decision that made it harder for public figures to win libel cases against publishers. Dominion Voting Systems’ billion-dollar defamation suit against Fox would have tested that precedent, had it not settled at the last minute.
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