A Right to Lie? : : Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment / / Catherine J. Ross.
This short book addresses an urgent issue: Do the nation's highest officers, including the President, have a right to lie protected by the First Amendment? The need to understand the status of lies under the Speech Clause grows more relevant by the day. Pervasive assaults on the very notion of...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PART I. TRUTH MATTERS
- 1. Something Is Rotten
- PART II. NO HARM, NO FOUL
- 2. Surprise, Lies Are Protected Speech: United States v. Alvarez
- 3. Incredible Lies: Defamation and Birtherism
- PART III. LIES AFFECTING DEMOCRACY
- 4. The Ministry of Truth: Uncontrollable Campaign Lies
- 5. Viral Lies: Life and Death in the COVID-19 Era
- 6. The President Works for Us
- 7. Lies Matter
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments