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To: wonk who wrote (4899)11/4/2005 1:19:32 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541513
 
Hence, two known conservative authors have concluded that misrepresentations in the SOTU could be prosecuted under the False Statements statute.

I don't see how that is possible. When I saw the partial quote it looked like it could in theory happen, but the full statue provides limitations that would seem to exclude things like the SOTU address.