How New York Times vs. Sullivan changed political thinking.

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How New York Times vs . Sullivan changed political thinking

Introduction

The history of the American nation has been evidently marked with many landmarks legal interpretations of its constitution . The case of New York Times vs . Sullivan is one good example of landmark cases which greatly changed the political thinking of the American population . It is clear from the underlying proceedings of the Supreme Court on the case that the legal understanding

of the first and fourth amendments of the civil right bill is not to allow any recovery for media reports unless the complainant can sufficiently prove acts of malice when making the defamatory report (FindLaw , 2010 . This is what marked the many historical appreciations of the media freedom in our legal justice system . It is indeed a direct result of this 1964 ruling that the media gain freedom to sufficient cover the proceedings of civil rights movement thus aiding in the realization of the ultimate inclusion of the black American 's right to the civil rights in the American constitution .This essay is written as a critical analysis of the New York Times vs Sullivan and how it evidently changed political thinking in America . The author first gives an analytical discussion on the underlying facts presented in the case . A discussion on how the case set a precedent for public officials and how that is just another thing to consider for public figures...