Dershowitz to Newsmax: CNN Case Hinders Free Speech (Connecting the Dots: Harvard Law School, The Harvard Law Review, The Supreme Court, The Phi Beta Kappa Society, The Bohemian Club, The Belizean Grove, CNN & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
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Newsmax Wires | Monday, 29 June 2026 07:10 PM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-defamation-supreme-court/2026/06/29/id/1261253/
Harvard Law School professor
emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Monday that the Supreme
Court's
decision not to hear
his defamation lawsuit against CNN represents "a loss for
individual rights" because the Constitution's "actual malice"
standard makes it nearly impossible for public figures to hold news
organizations accountable for false statements.
The
Supreme Court on Monday denied Dershowitz's petition for a writ of certiorari
in his lawsuit against CNN, leaving in place lower court rulings against him.
Justices
Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the denial, with Thomas arguing
the court should reconsider the constitutional standard established in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.
On "The Record With Greta Van Susteren," Dershowitz
said lower courts concluded CNN had misstated his comments at President Donald
Trump's first impeachment trial but ruled he failed to meet the high legal bar
required for public figures.
"All of the judges who wrote about it
concluded that they had lied about me. They had defamed me. They had misstated
what I said," Dershowitz said.
"But they said I couldn't prove by clear
and convincing evidence. I didn't even have a right to try to prove it [to] a
jury that they did it
maliciously.
"I
think I could have persuaded a jury of that, but the Supreme Court said
no," he added.
Dershowitz
said proving what was in a defendant's mind presents an almost insurmountable
obstacle.
"How
do you get into somebody's brain and how do you persuade a court of that?"
he said.
Thomas
wrote that because Dershowitz is a public figure, precedent required him to
prove CNN acted with "actual malice," an "exacting
standard" created by the Supreme Court in its landmark 1964 Sullivan
decision.
Connecting
the Dots:
Ted Turner was
the founder of CNN and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United
States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a
member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was
the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a member of the Bohemian Club.
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
and a member of the Belizean Grove.
Sonia Sotomayor was
a member of the Belizean Grove and is a justice
for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
George H.W. Bush was
a member of the Bohemian Club, a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society and a member of the Alfalfa Club and Jeb
Bush’s father.
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa
Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Stephen G. Breyer is
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.
Ruth Bader
Ginsburg was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Elena Kagan is
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.
Anthony M. Kennedy is
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.
David Hackett
Souter was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and
is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Harry A. Blackmun was
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.
Lewis F. Powell
Jr. was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a
member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
John Paul Stevens was
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.
William Howard
Taft was the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Byron R. White was
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.
Potter Stewart was
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor is
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a justice for the U.S.
Supreme Court and a member of the Belizean Grove.
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
George H.W. Bush was
a member of the Bohemian Club, a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, the chairman emeritus for the National Constitution
Center, a member of the Alfalfa Club and Jeb Bush’s father.
Sandra Day
O'Connor was a trustee at the National Constitution Center,
the president of the Alfalfa Club and an associate justice for
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jeb Bush is the
chairman emeritus for the National Constitution Center, a member of
the Alfalfa Club, George H.W. Bush’s son and a director at
the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a member of the Alfalfa Club and the founder
of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was
the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for
the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Turner was
the founder of CNN and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank)
and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Robin Hood
Foundation.
Jeff Zucker is
a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and the president of CNN
Worldwide.
CNN Worldwide is
a division of CNN.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is the
founder of Bloomberg Family Foundation and Emma Bloomberg’s father.
Emma Bloomberg was
a senior planning officer for the Robin Hood Foundation, is Michael
R. Bloomberg’s daughter and a director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was
the chairman & CEO for CNN.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Vernon E.
Jordan Jr’s great niece and was the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, Nell Minow’s father,
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and an honorary
trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and an Oak
Bluffs (MA) Martha’s Vineyard homeowner.
Charlayne
Hunter-Gault was an Oak Bluffs (MA) Martha’s
Vineyard homeowner and a correspondent for CNN.
Walter Isaacson was
the chairman & CEO for CNN and is the president & CEO for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Vernon E.
Jordan Jr’s great niece and was the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Harvard Law Review.
Harvard Law Review is a law review published by an
independent student group at Harvard Law School.
Alan Dershowitz
is an emeritus
professor at Harvard Law School.
Jack Smith
received his J.D.
from Harvard Law School, was
appointed by Merrick Garland as special counsel at the United
States Department of Justice in charge of investigations into efforts
to overturn the 2020 presidential election and former President Donald Trump's
potential mishandling of classified documents.
Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith, was the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Joe Biden Administration and an editor for the Harvard Law Review.
Danielle C. Gray was an editor for the Harvard Law Review and
an assistant to the president for the Barack Obama Administration.
Ronald A. Klain was
an editor for the Harvard Law Review and a coordinator of government Ebola
efforts for the Barack Obama Administration.
Blake Roberts was
an editor for the Harvard Law Review and is the deputy associate counsel for
the Barack Obama Administration.
Michael B.G.
Froman was an editor for the Harvard
Law Review, an assistant to the president for the Barack
Obama Administration and is Barack Obama’s law school
friend.
Crystal Nix Hines was Barack
Obama’s law school friend and a supervising editor for the Harvard Law Review.
Nancy L.
McCullough is Barack Obama’s law school friend and
was an editor for the Harvard Law Review.
Jonathan T. Molot is Barack
Obama’s law school friend and was an editor for the Harvard Law Review.
Thomas J.
Perrelli is Barack Obama’s law school friend and was
a managing editor for the Harvard Law
Review.
Michael J.
Gottleib was an editor for the Harvard
Law Review and is an
associate counsel for the Barack Obama Administration.
Harold H. Koh was
a developments editor for the Harvard
Law Review, a State Department legal adviser for the Barack
Obama Administration and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Resources:
Past Research
Charleston:
CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons Against the Right (Past Research on CNN)
Saturday,
June 20, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-cnns-sick-pattern-of-using.html
Trump
Hails High Court Win on Executive Power (Connecting the Dots: Rebecca
Slaughter, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Sidley Austin LLP, Chiquita
Brands International, U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Covington &
Burling LLP, John Bolton & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Monday,
June 29, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/06/trump-hails-high-court-win-on-executive.html
Politifact:
Sotomayor's Child COVID Numbers Inaccurate (Soros Network Runs Deep) (Past Research on Sonia Sotomayor)
Tuesday,
January 11, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/01/politifact-sotomayors-child-covid.html
Supreme
Court Removes Block on Judgment Involving Late Filipino Leader’s $40 Million
(Connecting the Dots: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, The U.S. Supreme
Court Justice’s, Their Secret Societies, Merrill Lynch, The Philippines &
Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on U.S.
Supreme Court & the Phi Beta Kappa Society)
Tuesday,
November 18, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/11/supreme-court-removes-block-on-judgment.html
Justice
Roberts: O'Connor Blazed Historic Trail (Connecting the Dots: John Roberts,
Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court, Phi Beta Kappa Society, The Alfalfa
Club, The Belizean Grove, The Bohemian Club, The Smithsonian Institution &
Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on
the Alfalfa Club)
Saturday,
December 2, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/12/justice-roberts-oconnor-blazed-historic.html
Jeb
Bush: Michael Bloomberg A ‘Good Man’ And A ’Patriot’ (Past
Research on the Bloomberg Family Foundation & Jeb Bush)
Sunday,
January 24, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/01/jeb-bush-michael-bloomberg-good-man-and.html
Sen.
Warren Presses Amazon on Algorithmic Pricing for Schools (Connecting the Dots:
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ganesh Sitaraman, The Center for American Progress,
Amazon, HUD, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, The Urban Institute, The U.S.
Department of Education & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation New York)
Thursday,
March 12, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/sen-warren-presses-amazon-on.html
The
Valerie Jarrett Power Matrix - Background research (Past
Research on Valerie Jarrett)
Friday,
December 27, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-valerie-jarrett-power-matrix.html
'You're
Under Oath, Counsel': John Kennedy Shows Absolutely No Mercy To Verizon
Executive (Connecting the Dots: Verizon, Jack Smith, The Harvard Law Review
& The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on
the Harvard Law Review & Harvard Law School)
Sunday,
April 19, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/04/youre-under-oath-counsel-john-kennedy.html
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