Speech Integral to Criminal Conduct
Published for NC Criminal Law on August 16, 2023.
The First Amendment permits criminal punishment for speech only when it falls within an established exception. True threats, incitement to violence, obscenity, and fighting words are among the categories of speech falling outside the protections of the First Amendment (although the fighting words exception is arguably defunct as a practical matter, as I wrote here). ... Read more
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