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Calling off the speech police

The Washington Times

FILE - This March 29, 2010 file photo shows then-Ohio Rep. Steve Driehaus in Cincinnati. The Supreme Court appears to be highly skeptical of laws that try to police false statements during political campaigns, raising doubts about the viability of such laws in more than 15 states. The case began during the 2010 election when a national anti-abortion group, the Susan B. Anthony List, planned to put up billboards accusing then-Rep. Driehaus of supporting taxpayer-funded abortion because he voted for President Barack Obama's new health care law. Driehaus, a Democrat who opposes abortion, claimed the group's billboard ads distorted the truth and therefore violated the false speech law. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)

EDITORIAL: Calling off the speech police

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** The U.S. Supreme Court, December 2013. (The Washington Times/Emily Miller)

Ministry of Truth: SCOTUS skeptical of law to police campaign ‘lies’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 25, 2013 file photo shows Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine speaking in Steubenville, Ohio. Negative campaigning and mudslinging may be a fact of life in American politics, but can false accusations made in the heat of an election be punished as a crime? That debate makes its way to the Supreme Court next week as the justices consider a challenge to a controversial Ohio law that bars false statements about political candidates during a campaign. DeWine, says he has serious concerns about the law. His office filed two briefs in the case, one from staff lawyers obligated to defend the state and another expressing DeWine's personal view that the law &quot;may chill constitutionally protected political speech.&quot; (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Supreme Court to weigh challenge to ban on campaign lies

By Sam Hananel and Hope Yen - Associated Press

DeWine: Ohio election law violates free speech

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press