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"Supreme Court enforces ban on straw purchase of guns, upholds challenge to political speech law" PBS NewsHour 6/16/2014

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GWEN IFILL (NewsHour):  Two Supreme Court decisions today, one on purchasing firearms and the other involving political speech.

Jeffrey Brown has that.

JEFFREY BROWN (NewsHour):  As it happens, both cases involve when the truth must be told.

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the federal government can enforce its ban on so-called straw gun purchases.  Under that law, buyers must tell the truth when they are buying guns for someone else.  In a separate ruling, the court looked at an Ohio law that bars the making of false statements about candidates in a political campaign.  The court unanimously ruled that a legal challenge to the law can go forward.

Here to tell us more, as always, is Marcia Coyle of “The National Law Journal.”