Opinion | Settlements With Trump Are Weakening Press Freedoms
Media institutions and technology companies are offering obscene sums of money to settle feeble or frivolous lawsuits.
Judge Learned Hand, revered for his eloquent and consequential defense of free speech at the height of World War I, came to fear, later in his life, that Americans had placed too much faith in lawyers and legal institutions. In 1944, at a celebration... [2679 chars]
Published by: The New York Times
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