Fighting words are words meant to incite violence such that they may not be protected free speech under the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court first defined them in Chaplinsky v New Hampshire (1942) as words which "by their very...
right to free speech
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Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Oral argument: March 19, 2007
Joseph Frederick, an 18-year-old high school student, displayed a banner with the message “Bong Hits 4...
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Prior restraint describes an administrative or judicial order that forbids certain speech before the time that the communication is to occur, as stated in Alexander v. United States.
Prior restraint may be a statute or...