Lies can live.

• Position: STATELINE - Washington state Supreme Court ruled that punishing false advertising is against the constitutional rights of political candidates - Brief article

Government can't try to stop political candidates from deliberately lying about each other in campaign ads, a divided Washington state Supreme Court ruled in October. According to The Seattle Times, in the 5-4 decision, the high court said a state law aimed at punishing political candidates for false advertising is an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. "There can be no doubt that false personal attacks are too common in political campaigns, with wide-ranging...