In pre-partition India, when the Viceroy’s Council passed the infamous Vernacular Press Act, 1878, one of the British members of the council said: “No government such as ours in India.
“War is Peace.” Orwell imagined the slogan for his fabled Oceania’s “Ministry of Truth” in his book 1984 . The well-trodden notion was that a common enemy.
In a written submission, Trump s lawyers relied heavily on a 2012 Supreme Court decision saying that the First Amendment defends a person s right to lie.
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Jeff Kosseff’s Liar in a Crowded Theater explores why the Constitution protects misinformation and disinformation starting with a tricky Stolen Valor case.