Michael Mann – CREDIT: Michael Mann
The National Review has held great influence among Republicans and conservative thought leaders for nearly 60 years, but a lawsuit from a climate scientist could threaten its very existence.
Michael Mann’s defamation suit against Mark Steyn and the National Review took another step forward last month, with D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg again rejecting a motion to dismiss the suit. At the same time, the conservative writer was parting ways with his legal team and appeared to be splitting from the magazine that his blog post exposed to the lawsuit.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/03/3228411/national-review-defamation/
The Secular Jurist 
Very interesting link. The line between free speech and the defamatory abuse of free speech is always being tested.
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I’m no legal scholar, but I believe that line is “undue injury.” If free speech causes wrongful and demonstrable harm, then it is not constitutionally protected.
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