Justice Thomas and the First Fake News Statute

In this Part, we challenge Thomas’ reliance on a set of dusty medieval English statutes.

Matthew Schafer

20 min readJul 29, 2020

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It took centuries before scandalum magnatum and libel cases were dealt with by the same courts and, in earnest, it would not be until the Star Chamber (pictured) was constituted in the sixteenth century.

This is the second installment in an ongoing multi-part series On Freedom Of Press In The United States; each installment can stand alone.
#1: The Attack on N.Y. Times v. Sullivan

Matthew Schafer

Written by Matthew Schafer

Media Lawyer. Adjunct Professor/Mass Media Law at Fordham University School of Law. Twitter @MatthewSchafer

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