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Media law prof and COMM dept chair @CSUF. Into #FirstAmendment #journalismmatters. Past @CapTimes @Isthmus @TeachForAmerica. @UWMadison PhD. Views my own.
Feb 19, 2019 14 tweets 4 min read
Thread: This morning, Justice Clarence Thomas took one big step forward in advancing President Trump’s agenda to “open up” libel laws and chip away at a core tenet of American press freedom by saying “we should reconsider our jurisprudence” in the area of libel law. 2/Justice Thomas’s sweeping 14-page concurrence came in an appeal by #metoo victim Kathrine McKee, who alleged she was raped by Bill Cosby in 2014. Cosby is now in prison, having been accused of drugging and/or sexually assaulting at least 60 women. 1drv.ms/b/s!Ar1BNdx2VI…