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10 Feb 2010, 11:31 pm
”The Constitution, said the court, which protects "vehement, caustic and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks" in a political context, does not insist on complete verbal precision.Justice Smith then explained:"In this, the Constitution follows the common law of libel which, as the United States Supreme Court has observed, ‘overlooks minor inaccuracies and concentrates upon substantial truth’ (Masson v New Yorker Magazine, Inc., 501 US 496,… [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 4:15 am
"The Constitution, said the court, which protects "vehement, caustic and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks" in a political context, does not insist on complete verbal precision.Justice Smith then explained:"In this, the Constitution follows the common law of libel which, as the United States Supreme Court has observed, ‘overlooks minor inaccuracies and concentrates upon substantial truth' (Masson v… [read post]