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Sarah Palin's lawsuit challenges free speech protections

The boundaries of the U.S. Constitution and freedom of the press are being deliberated in Manhattan, as a jury considers Sarah Palin's libel case against The New York Times. It centers on a 2017 Times' editorial about dangerous rhetoric and political violence. Deanna Paul, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was in the courtroom for the trial, joins William Brangham to discuss.