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RICKERT v. STATE, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COM'N

No. 77769-1.

168 P.3d 826 (2007)

Marilou RICKERT, Respondent, v. STATE of Washington, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION; and Susan Brady, Lois Clement, Earl Tilly, Francis Meartin and Mike Connelly, members of the Public Disclosure Commission, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Collins, Linda A. Dalton, Jean Marie Wilkinson, Attorney General's Office, Govt & Enforcement, Olympia, for Petitioners.

Venkat Balasubramani, Aaron Hugh Caplan, ACLU of Washington, Seattle, for Respondent.

William R. Maurer, Michael E. Bindas, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Institute for Justice Washington Chapter).

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 The United States and Washington Constitutions both protect the right of free speech, and political speech is the core of that right. The notion that a censorship scheme like RCW 42.17.530(1)(a) may be constitutionally enforced by a government agency erroneously "presupposes [that] the State possesses an independent right to determine truth and falsity in political debate." State ex rel. Pub....

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