Sarah Palin Triumphs in the Second Circuit, Earning a Rematch With the New York Times

The appellate riders find that Judge Jed Rakoff’s eccentricities in the handling of the Alaskan’s case were anything but ‘harmless.’

AP/Seth Wenig, file
Governor Palin leaves a New York courthouse on February 14, 2022. AP/Seth Wenig, file

The reversal by the Second United States appeals circuit of Judge Jed Rakoff’s dismissal of Governor Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the New York Times earns the Alaskan another day in court — and signals that the Gray Lady’s liability lingers. 

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