Assertion: libel | /r/HasProperty | malicious
Facets:
value: to constitute grounds
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The key is that to uphold the right to express opinions or fair comment on public figures, the libel must be malicious to constitute grounds for a lawsuit for damages.
text: A libel is a malicious defamation, expressed by printing, writing, signs, pictures or the like, tending to blacken the memory of the dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation, or to publish the natural defects of a living person or persons, or community of persons, or association of persons, and thereby to expose them to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.
text: Libel is a malicious written publication that defames.
text: The key is that to uphold the right to express opinions or fair comment on public figures, the libel must be malicious to constitute grounds for a lawsuit for damages.
text: To uphold the right of people to express opinions or fair comment on public figures is constitutionally protected under the First Amendment, therefore, the libel must be “malicious” to constitute grounds for a lawsuit for damages.