Law professor David A. Logan said as the U.S. Supreme Court considers their options in addressing Times v. Sullivan, they might be more likely to take up a case involving definitions of a public figure, specifically a lessor known individual than Sarah Palin. (The New York Times, February 16, 2022, by Jeremy W. Peters)
Law professor Eugene Volokh, Reason, February 15, 2022, writes that the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to take the Palin case to deal with Times v. Sullivan in that in the case New York law was used to instruct the jury, and the case itself, says Volokh, was “so politically laden.”