A Right to Lie?: Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment

by Catherine J Ross and Catherine J. Ross

Book Overview

In A Right to Lie?, legal scholar Catherine J. Ross addresses the urgent issue of whether the nation's highest officers, including the president, have a right to lie under the Speech Clause, no matter what damage their falsehoods cause. Does freedom of expression protect even factual falsehoods? If so, are lies by candidates and public officials protected? And is there a constitutional path, without violating the First Amendment, to stop...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812253256
• ISBN13: 9780812253252
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"