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Washington School Triggers Free Speech Fight Over Order to RemoveBlue Lives Matter

JonathanTurley

The government is generally barred from regulating speech because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content. On the one hand, certain forms of speech, or speech in certain contexts, has been considered outside the scope of constitutional protection. Police Dep’t of Chicago v. Mosle , 408 U.S. 92, 95 (1972).

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent. .”

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