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Marc Charisse is the editor of The Evening Sun. Dr. Charisse has a Ph.D. in First Amendment law and history, and has taught communication law and constitutional law at the University of Washington in Seattle and Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Fla. Charisse can be reached at mcharisse@eveningsun.com.
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Court seems torn over “right to lie”
Conventional wisdom is that it’s always risky to read too much into what side individual justices appear to take in oral arguments before the Supreme Court. The justices can push the side they disagree with in hopes of spotting holes … Continue reading
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Even liars have free-speech rights
Does the free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment include a right to lie? Good question, because the Supreme Court – wisely, in my opinion, anyway – has never come right out and said exactly, one way or another. But … Continue reading
