First Amendment wins in Ohio; still vulnerable on Capitol Hill

Published September 15, 2014 9:00am ET



“[We are not] arguing for a right to lie. We’re arguing that we have a right not to have the truth of our political statements be judged by the Government.”

With this simple argument, the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List PAC and its attorneys successfully convinced a federal judge last week to throw out Ohio’s Orwellian political false-statements law. The Ohio law, which threatened up to six months in jail for those running political ads deemed to be false by a state panel, will not be missed by those who love the First Amendment.

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