A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, in which she'd claimed the newspaper falsely accused her in a 2017 editorial of inciting a mass shooting that severely wounded a congresswoman.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower-court judge threw out the lawsuit too quickly without giving the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee a chance to get email records and other evidence that might help her lawyers.
At the same time, the appeals court panel said Palin's burden of proof was high to prove her case.
In the editorial, the Times wrote that before the 2011 shooting of then-Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, Palin’s political action committee put out a map of targeted electoral districts that put Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs.
Palin's attorneys said in a statement yesterday, "This is -- and has always been -- a case about media accountability. We are pleased with the Court’s decision, and we look forward to starting discovery and ultimately proceeding to trial."
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