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- Title: Threats and Meanings: How the Facts Govern First Amendment Doctrine.
- Author : Stanford Law School
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 475 KB
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INTRODUCTION Two recent decisions, one by the Supreme Court (1) and one by the Ninth Circuit, (2) have occasioned an ink spill of Exxon Valdez proportions and no little contention. The question, broadly stated, is when the First Amendment should protect speech alleged to constitute a threat by the speaker to kill or seriously injure someone. Given the level of discord, a notable feature of the debate is the acceptance, by judges and commentators alike, of the general proposition that a threat is not protected by the First Amendment, as the Supreme Court told us as early as 1969. In Watts v. United States, (3) where the Court held that no "true threat" had been issued by the speaker, it also took the occasion to announce the "threats exception." (4)
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