nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/51f999c51f3b9aea DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240529s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/51f999c51f3b9aea doi eng 342 23 Stephenson, Randall Author aut Untying the Gordian Knot - A Defamation Primer for the 2024 US Presidential Race Stephenson, Randall Verfassungsblog 2024-05-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Much like Alexander the Great’s “untying” of the mythical Gordian Knot in ancient Persia, tracking defamation litigation in this year’s US Presidential election season would appear to not only require formal legal training, but resort to some fairly unconventional tactics. But rather than slicing the metaphorical knot with brute force (as legend has it), this article shines a modest but revealing light on the history and principles of US defamation law to assist foreign jurists with its many technicalities and often perplexing uses. CC BY-SA 4.0 Defamation Presidential Elections Trump Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/untying-the-gordian-knot/ raw object