First Amendment at the Supreme Court: Alito dissents in Mann libel case
The Supreme Court refused to take up an appeal by the National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute of a defamation lawsuit brought by the Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann. The magazine compared Mann to the convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky and said instead of molesting children he molested and tortured data. (The Hill, November 25, 2-19, by John Kruzel) The National Review claimed it was legitimately contesting Mann’s climate change graph, a matter of