1. Make No Law
... Thee" (in actuality they sang the "Star-Spangled Banner"). Sullivan claimed that the mention of police conduct, including the "starving the students into submission" reflected badly on him ("of and concerning" him --in the words of the Alabama libel statute) in light of his connection to the police force. Moreover, he claimed that the factual inaccuracies were committed with malice and ... , into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States" (pg. 58). Alabama civil law concerning libels states that a public...
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