In Most Cases, Lying Doesn’t Constitute Criminality

What Bertolt Brecht said here is interesting, but it’s untrue, at least in the United States under most circumstances.

The First Amendment does not protect certain types of speech, but generally, deliberate lying is fine, as long as it’s not an overtly criminal act, e.g., perjury, inciting to violence, or defamation.

This is an important distinction in today’s America because we have an entire political party, a former president and 2024 candidate, and several “news” organizations whose only characteristic making them viable is nonstop lying.