In the US, for example, in the 1942 case of Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, Walter Chaplinsky was arrested after using angry and potentially offensive language toward a law enforcement officer. The arrest was upheld by the US Supreme Court, which ruled that words that “…by their very ...
fighting words Also found in:Legal,Idioms,Wikipedia. pl.n. Words that one uses to provoke a fight or hostility:"Fighting words are categorically excluded from the protection of the First Amendment ...[because]their content embodies a particularly intolerable and socially unnecessary mode of expressi...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Dogfighting VideosThe Supreme Court announced Monday it will review a Pittsburgh case pitting dogfighting videos against free-speech rights.Cato, Jason
particularly if the regulation is “content-based”--that is, dependent on the message of the words spoken. The Supreme Court has recognized only a few narrow exceptions. Among them are “fighting words” that “by their very utterance tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.” To ...
"Them's fighting words" said a senior and highly respected Canadian judge when s/he heard we were working on a project called "Regulating Judges." The judge was, undoubtedly, joking but the response is indicative of the fact most Canadian judges tend to recoil at the notion that they are...
In the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, the court decided that segregation in public schools must be eliminated. NAACP有成功战斗的离析通过法院。 在1954最高法院装入布朗v。 教育委员会,法院决定必须消灭离析在公立学校。 [translate] ...
Fresh Lawsuit Hits Oregon City at the Heart of Supreme Court Ruling on Homeless Encampments A small Oregon city is facing a fresh lawsuit over its homeless camping rules Associated PressJan. 30, 2025 The 2 Aircraft That Collided Over Washington Are Both Workhorses in Use Aro...
The Court of Justice of the EU, the highest interpreter of EU law, however, seems peculiarly confused as to how the two rights relate, whether they should be relied on separately, and how each of them can be lawfully restricted. This article looks into the most recent case law highlighting...
Thanks for the many kind words. Fancy Feast with onions…yummy…the kids will never know! I would not apply for a religious exemption. No HR flunky is judging me. Besides the hospital is encouraging everyone to apply for one while not approving a single case. This is so they can lear...
cannot be undone with an apology or a modest federal reform bill. Police are still arresting children for fist fights and making them go to court, partially due to the rhetoric (repeated by Hillary Clinton) about needing to stop these young “Superpredators.” A Supreme Court case finally ack...