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Why was new york times v. sullivan (1964) significance?

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The Court ruled that free debate allows people to publish ads, otherwise, they would be too scared to air their own opinion. *Established the Sullivan Test: you can sue for libel if the information is false and the newspaper knew it was false but decided to intentionally publish it
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