hat no liability may be imposed for defamation without a showing of fault. Indeed, the decision in that case set the standard for public figures: they must prove actual malice if they wish to prevail. A publisher will only be declared at fault if he or she actually knew that the story was untrue before it was printed or if he or she behaved in a way that is so disrespectful of everything known to be true that a court could find the behavior wanton and reckless with respect to what was printed. Finally, before concluding his opinion, Justice Brennan stated that freedom of expression needed breathing room if it was to survive in America.
The next Supreme Court case that made changes to libel law was Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. In that case, an attorney sued the publisher of the America Opinion because it claimed, among other
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