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Chico State University Employee Pleads Guilty of Hate Crime in Potential Violent Speech Case

JonathanTurley

Ohio , the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”. That is legitimately concerning and chilling language. In Brandenburg v.

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Wayne State Professor Suspended After Declaring that it is “More Admirable” to Shoot Down than Shout Down Conservative Speakers

JonathanTurley

The most analogous case is that of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Yet, those extreme statements from the left are rarely subject to cancel campaigns or university actions.