www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-case-for-a-federal-defamation-regime

Please view this article and write five hundred to six fifty words of the discussion based on questions below.

"Consider criticisms of the actual malice standard in New York Times v. Sullivan expressed by at least one Supreme Court Justice (Black or White, Thomas or Grouch) as well as Gutierrez's recent Yale Law Journal piece."

* How does each criticize the scope and effects of the actual malice standard? What evidence * does each present to support criticism of Sullivan?

* What court decisions does each criticize?

* What alternative or reform does each suggest?

* How would the reform address the problem?

* In your view, who expresses the most effective critique of Sullivan?

* Who offers the most persuasive prospect for reform?

* Should Sullivan be reformed as any of these critics suggest?

** Justify your conclusions.