Last week, possibly hidden by all of the other hysterical reporting taking place, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was back in a courtroom to square off against the New York Times in a long-simmering defamation lawsuit. If you are thinking this was a long-since concluded matter, you are not alone. This is the continuation of her suit initially brought against the paper in 2017, and it has been a tortuous process.
Initially dismissed by a judge, Palin’s suit was brought to trial after appeal, and ultimately, a jury ruled against the onetime GOP VP candidate. She appealed that decision and won in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals last year, vacating the jury result based on a number of issues with the case. Last Tuesday, the new case was launched, and there was high melodramatics, as Rusty Weiss covered this weekend.
James Bennet, an editor who played a…
