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    A change to libel law could backfire on President Trump

    by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency Feb 24, 2019 3 minutes

    Is Justice Clarence Thomas joining President Donald Trump's war on news media?

    Trump's near-constant complaints about the "fake news" media received an unexpected boost Wednesday. In a solo opinion, Justice Thomas said the high court should make it easier for public figures to sue for libel.

    Sure, it might not get anywhere. But it could.

    His argument is not totally without merit. The late Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom Thomas occupied the conservative end of the

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