[EL] op-ed/Is there a First Amendment right to lie in politics?

[Stephen Klein]

Do you also object to NYT v Sullivan? Politicians certainly have access to the same civil remedies as the rest of us for slander and libel, it's just next to impossible to win. 

Assuming there is a compelling governmental interest in detecting and punishing political lies, what would the enforcement mechanism look like? 

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> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:33 AM, "Schultz, David A." <dschultz at hamline.edu> wrote:
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> For a position I am sure not overly popular on this listserv see my op-ed in the Cleveland Plains Dealer “Is there a First Amendment right to lie in politics?” 
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> http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/07/is_there_a_first_amendment_rig.html#incart_river
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