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Lies, Damn Lies, and Constitutionally Protected Political Speech IFRL-NaPP-Asia-3g10539vd

Lies, Damn Lies, and Constitutionally Protected Political Speech

Tod Kelly May 19, 2014
This summer, SCOTUS is expected to take yet another step in declaring that false statements are protected...
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  • Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25The ones I knew were blue-collar union guys, not particularly "privileged". My grandfather, for exam…
  • David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25Welp, the New York Times has capitulated The NYT capitulated years ago. Or, indeed, they started cap…
  • David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25And is that the normal evaluation we do for normal vaccinations? If memory serves, we had seriously…
  • CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25I'm old enough to remember 1983 Democrats and knew lots of them. I suggest that if you think you hav…
  • InMD in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25Or just keeping yourself out of the hospital so there are beds for other people with higher risk pro…
  • David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25It's not a loophole, that newspaper is stupid and only telling part of the story. They are dropping…
  • Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 7/14/25There wasn’t great data supporting a benefit from the vaccine for young men. And is that the normal…
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