Supreme Court 's : Supreme Court 's v. Sullivan case rooted in civil rights movement . What he could not foresee was how in subsequent decades Sullivan would also lessen the threats writers faced when they investigated the Watergate scandal , reports by America 's Vietnam commanders of the number of enemy killed and the claims of the George W. Bush administration that Saddam Hussein 's Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction . He says Landmark New York Times decision upholding press freedom echoes for cases March 29 , 1960 . He says challenge was over an ad in raising money for defense of Supreme Court 's in the South . Mills : Ad had errors ; court held public officials could n't collect damages if there was no malice .
Supreme Court 's : Supreme Court 's v. Sullivan case rooted in civil rights movement . He says Landmark New York Times decision upholding press freedom echoes for cases March 29 , 1960 . He says challenge was over an ad in raising money for defense of Supreme Court 's in the South . Mills : Ad had errors ; court held public officials could n't collect damages if there was no malice .