Court strikes down Ohio ban on knowing or reckless falsehoods about candidates

The Volokh Conspiracy 2016-02-24

Summary:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit just held today, in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, that the Ohio ban on “disseminating false information about a political candidate in campaign materials during the campaign season ‘knowing the same to be false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, […]

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knowingly false statements of fact

Authors:

Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

02/24/2016, 13:02

Date published:

02/24/2016, 12:43