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...
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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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In First Amendment law, prior restraint is government action that prohibits speech or other expression before the speech happens.
Prior restraint typically happens in a few ways. It may be a statute or regulation that requires a speaker to...