Sarah Palin lost her libel case against the NY Times back in February 2022. There was a jury in that trial but the day before they reached their verdict the judge announced that he would toss the case regardless of their verdict.
A jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her libel case against the New York Times, one day after the judge said he would toss out her claim, saying she had not met the high legal standard required in libel cases involving public figures and journalists.
The jury’s decision conforms with the one made by U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff. On Monday, he told lawyers for Palin and the Times that he would formally dismiss the former Alaska governor’s claim once the jury returned its verdict.
This is known as a Rule 50 judgment. And as Erik Wemple at the Washington Post noted at the time, there was a potential conflict of interest in the judge’s request that…
