COMMONWEALTH v. LUCAS

SJC-11830.

472 Mass. 387 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH, v. MELISSA LUCAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Charles Horstmann for the defendant.

Amy Spector , Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Andrew Sellars & Christopher Bavitz for New England First Amendment Coalition & others.

H. Reed Witherby , Matthew R. Segal , & Sarah R. Wunsch for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

Ben Robbins & Martin J. Newhouse for New England Legal Foundation.

Russell C. Reeves, Kathryn M. Harrison, & Austin C. Reeves, pro se.

Ilya Shapiro & Gabriel Latner , of the District of Columbia, & David Duncan for Cato Institute.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


This case concerns the constitutionality of G. L. c. 56, § 42 (§ 42), which criminalizes certain false statements about political candidates or questions submitted to voters.1 Melissa Lucas was charged with violating the statute after her political action committee published brochures criticizing...

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