Editorial - The Supreme Court and Free Speech - NYTimes.com: "When the Supreme Court ruled 8-to-1 this week that a federal law banning the sale of animal-cruelty videos violates the First Amendment, it reaffirmed the right to engage in even highly unpopular speech. And it wisely declined to create another category of expression outside of the First Amendment’s protection.
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Times Topics: U.S. Supreme Court | Freedom of Speech and Expression
With this case and the court’s earlier Citizens United decision on corporate speech and political campaign contributions, this could be one of the most important terms in years for defining the constitutional scope of freedom of expression — for better or for worse."
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Editorial - The Supreme Court and Free Speech - NYTimes.com
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