Dershowitz had urged the justices to roll back protections against defamation claims that the Supreme Court established in its landmark 1964 ruling in a case called New York Times v. Sullivan.

The Supreme Court is refusing to revive a $300 million defamation lawsuit filed against CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney’s remarks during President Donald Trump’s…

Alan Dershowitz, the lawyer who defended President Trump from impeachment, asked the Supreme Court to make it easier to sue the media for defamation.