a no-knock search warrant. officers entering an apartment while locke was asleep. the 17-year-old is locke s cousin. the news continues. let s hand it over to laura coates, and cnn tonight. thank you, john. as you know, elections have consequences. we should all know that very well at this point. you hear it all the time. they can have an impact on who sits on the highest court in the land, who can go on to make very consequential decisions. that s exactly what just happened with a new controversial supreme court ruling. one that delivers yet another
want to say that, but yeah, i mean, this is why we send playback to writers because they re the ones who reported the story. constitutional law and media attorney theodore butrose joins me now, who headed cnn on legal matters before. good to see you. if particular, i wonder, first of all, this is the first libel case against the times to go to trial in, what, 20 years? usually it s resolved before a injury. here we are in a full blown trial. what makes this case so different? these cases do, laura, usually get dismissed, based on first amendment grounds. i think it s been, maybe even 50 years since the new york times has gone to trial. and so it really is unusual. there are a couple twists and turns in this case but you are absolutely right that mr. bennett was a very good witness today, very contrite, very straightforward. they made a mistake. and the first amendment protects that. it only imposes liability where