If I would have been given the responsibility to perform as a judge in this case of Cronin v. Town of Amesbury, I would have taken into account section 1983 which although is not a complete source of substantive rights but is expected to merely provide a proper method particularly for vindicating federal rights that is being conferred elsewhere. Further, as the concept of defamation by administrative official that stands alone does not function as a deprivation of liberty that is being protected by the fourteenth amendment,