US Supreme Court won't revive lawyer Alan Dershowitz's case against CNN

The Supreme Court declined to revive Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit against CNN over its coverage of his remarks defending Trump during the 2020 impeachment trial, leaving lower‑court dismissals in place.
Dershowitz had urged the court to weaken the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan "actual malice" standard for public‑figure libel — an idea Conservative Justices like Thomas and Gorsuch have shown interest in, but the court again passed.
The dispute involved a high‑profile lawyer (Dershowitz has represented clients like O.J. Simpson and Jeffrey Epstein) who says CNN mischaracterized his Senate remarks; CNN and lower courts said he offered no proof of actual malice.