Will Trump Be the Death of the Goldwater Rule? - The New Yorker

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The New YorkerWill Trump Be the Death of the Goldwater Rule?The New YorkerFor a public figure to prevail in a defamation suit, he must demonstrate that the defendant acted with “actual malice”; a key piece of evidence in the Goldwater case was Fact's disregard of a letter from the American Psychiatric Association warning ...