Jurors in Sarah Palin s Defamation Suit Against New York Times Knew Judge Planned to Dismiss Her Claims – WSJ

everal jurors in Sarah Palin s defamation case against the New York Times learned before they issued a verdict that the judge planned to reject the former Republican vice-presidential nominee s claims, though they said it didn t affect deliberations, according to a court document.

A federal jury in Manhattan found for the Times on Tuesday, determining Ms. Palin didn t prove her claim that she was libeled by a 2017 editorial about political rhetoric and gun violence.

The verdict came a day after U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said he intended to throw out Ms. Palin s claims no matter how the jury verdict came out. The judge concluded that Ms. Palin failed to establish a central element of a defamation claim, namely that the editorial was published with actual malice by the Times. She fell short of that standard, the judge said, because she couldn t show the Times either knowingly published a false statement or acted with a reckless disregard for the truth.

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It looks like the Judge deliberately messed up Palin’s chances to appeal, which seems pretty wrong.