President Donald Trump failed again to derail a defamation lawsuit by "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos, leaving him only one more chance at New York’s highest court to have the claim dismissed or put on hold until he leaves office.
A majority of a New York appellate panel on Thursday ruled the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution doesn’t bar state-court suits against a sitting president over actions that took place before an election. Presidents can already be sued in federal court over such claims, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Clinton v. Jones.
