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| | Freedom of speech in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Freedom is speech is discussed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. | | | Freedom of speech in the United States is generally at fine level, although often restricted in issues sensitive to the federal administration, or to other parties in power. | | | There are de juro exceptions to the general protection of speech, however, including the Miller test for obscenity, child pornography laws and regulation of commercial speech, such as advertising. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_United_States
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| | Freedom of speech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The right to freedom of expression is not absolute; governments may still prohibit certain damaging types of expressions. | | | Under international law, restrictions on free speech are required to comport with a strict three part test: they must be provided by law, pursue an aim recognized as legitimate, and be necessary (i.e., proportionate) for the accomplishment of that aim. | | | For freedom of speech in specific jurisdictions see Freedom of speech (international). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
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| | speech, freedom of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Some kinds of speech regarded as damaging to individual interests (e.g., libel and slander) are limited primarily by the threat of tort action; other forms of speech (e.g., obscenity) are restricted by law because they are regarded as damaging to society as a whole. | | | The government also limits speech that threatens it directly; although sedition laws are rarely prosecuted in the United States, such rationales as a danger to “national security&; have been invoked to silence criticism of or opposition to the government. | | | Although speech is freer in the United States than in many societies, federal and state laws do restrict many kinds of expression. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/sp/speechfree.html
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | To extend prohibitions on speech and other actions beyond this point requires an argument for a form of legal paternalism that suggests the state should decide what is acceptable for the safety and moral instruction of citizens, even if it means limiting actions that do not cause harm or unavoidable offense to others. | | | Liberals tend to be united in opposing paternalistic and moralistic justifications for limiting free expression. | | | This is an important point; if we insist that legal prohibitions remove freedom then we have to hold the incoherent position that a person was unfree in the performance of an action. |
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-speech
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| | First amendment - Wex |
| | The First Amendment of the United States Constitution (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html#amendmenti) protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. | | | The Supreme Court requires the government to provide substantial justification for the interference with the right of free speech where it attempts to regulate the content of the speech. | | | The Supreme Court has also recognized that the government may prohibit some speech that may cause a breach of the peace or cause violence. |
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/first_amendment.html
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| | EPIC Archive - Free Speech |
| | Commercial speech, which was warranted no protection by the Court until 1980 in Central Hudson Gas and Electric, is now protected under an intermediate level of scrutiny because the motivation to market goods and services is believed sufficient to overcome any chill caused by government regulation. | | | Therefore, where speech is less valuable--a judgement made on the basis of the speech's category, not its content--it is granted less protection or no protection at all. | | | The prohibition on compelling speech has been used to overturn laws requiring speakers to reveal their identity, and thus creates further protection for the right of anonymity. |
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http://epic.org/free_speech
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | Although many State Constitutions included freedom of speech provisions, arguments were put forward that the 1st Amendment did not prevent States from abridging freedom of speech. | | | The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States was The Bill of Rights consisting of ten articles; however, it has become customary to refer to the Articles of The Bill of Rights as individual amendments. | | | One would expect the Supreme Court to invalidate such a flagrant violation of the 1st Amendment, but one would be wrong. |
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http://landru.i-link-2.net/monques/freedomofspeech.html
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | One of the first cases which considered whether symbolic speech such as this deserved constitutional protection was the 1968 case of U.S. v. | | | Since much of Free Speech law is confusing, and perhaps the most confusing part of it is the criminal law aspect, the following table attempts to summarize what is not a crime and what is a crime. | | | The law is waiting for psychology to resolve thought/action and attitude/behavior controversies. |
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http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/410/410lect08.htm
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States. | | | The declaration was converted into the English Bill of Rights by statute on December 16, 1689, the 9th Article of which guarantees freedom of speech and debate in Parliament in words similar to those in our own Constitution, Article I, Section 6. | | | I do not agree with many of the decisions which have come from the courts concerning prayer in school, and prohibitions on the public display of religious items. |
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http://www.voxpax.org/RobertByrdFreeSpeech.html
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| | Freedom Of Speech |
| | Freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and by Section 2 of our Charter of Rights. | | | But the evidence is that those freedoms are being steadily eroded in the United Kingdom. | | | Of course, Canadians are not very keen on democracy, either, being content to be ruled in perpetuity by a combination of courts and the Liberal party. |
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http://www.fathers.ca/freedom_of_speech.htm
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | This is an example of clearly protected speech that was jeopardized by the statute. | | | The United States, probably like no other nation, has recognized the importance of freedom of expression to safeguard democracy and grow as a nation. | | | The Canadian Government is enforcing a law that prohibits anonymous political speech - including online - and has threatened to charge the individual who published this page that we are now mirroring. |
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http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/speech
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| | FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: First Amendment: Annotations pg. 6 of 21 |
| | United States,16 the first of the post-World War I cases to reach the Court, Justice Holmes, in the opinion of the Court, while upholding convictions for violating the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military service by circulation of leaflets, suggested First Amendment restraints on subsequent punishment as well as prior restraint. | | | Kansas,19 the Court sustained a First Amendment type of claim in a state case, and in Stromberg v. | | | To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion and government. |
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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/06.html
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| | Eugene Volokh |
| | Speech as Conduct: Generally Applicable Laws, Illegal Courses of Conduct, "Situation-Altering Utterances," and the Uncharted Zones, 90 Cornell Law Review 1277 (2005). | | | Written Testimony Regarding the Constitutionality of the GATT Copyright Act of 1994, H.R. 4894 and S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration and Senate Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Aug. 12, 1994. | | | Freedom of Speech and Independent Judgment Review in Copyright Cases |
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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: Freedom of speech? by George Will - Jun 24, 2002 |
| | Its basic strategy is to treat freedom of speech not as an end in itself, but an instrumental value.'' Perhaps emboldened by the liberal media's enthusiasm for campaign regulations, other would-be speech regulators have brought two lawsuits that suggest the future direction of liberal attempts to shrink First Amendment protections. | | | Critics sued, saying that some Nike statements were false--and were commercial speech punishable under the law proscribing false ``advertising.'' California's Supreme Court sided 4-3 with the critics, saying: ``Speech is commercial if its content is likely to influence consumers,'' and some consumers are concerned about labor practices. | | | They enjoy full First Amendment protection because ``solicitation is characteristically intertwined with informative and perhaps persuasive speech.'' Another attempt to abridge First Amendment protections is being mounted by critics of Nike's overseas labor policies. |
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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/gw20020624.shtml
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| | FREEDOM OF SPEECH VS |
| | Harassment law has done a lot of good, and much of it is constitutionally valid. | | | He’s written five law review articles about free speech and workplace harassment law, which have been cited in 10 court decisions and 70 law review articles. | | | What the courts have said about the First Amendment issue |
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http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/harass
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| | ALA Intellectual Freedom |
| | The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. | | | Neither the American Library Association nor the Office for Intellectual Freedom necessarily endorses the views expressed or the facts presented on these sites; and furthermore, ALA and OIF do not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these sites. | | | FAIFE (Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) |
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http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/intellectual.htm
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| | American Civil Liberties Union : Free Speech |
| | Freedom of speech is protected in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and is guaranteed to all Americans. | | | The First Amendment exists precisely to protect the most offensive and controversial speech from government suppression. | | | ANCHORAGE – In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, a federal appeals court today strongly affirmed the free speech rights of a Juneau high school student who was suspended in 2002 for displaying a sign saying “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” at an off-campus event not sponsored by the school. |
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http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeechMain.cfm
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | Natan Sharansky has proposed “the town square test” for free societies—a definition endorsed by Condoleezza Rice when, during her Senate confirmation hearings for Secretary of State, she asked: “Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm?” | | | After an attack of the proportions of 9/11, rights may be limited “to secure the public order, to protect us against things like terrorism,” Schulz said. | | | No material on this site may be used in part or in whole by any other publication or website without the written permission of the Carnegie Council. |
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http://www.cceia.org/viewMedia.php/prmTemplateID/8/prmID/5223
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| | Amazon.com: Freedom of Speech: Books: Eric Barendt |
| | And what is its relationship to obscenity cases, libel actions, and contempt of court proceedings? | | | protection of speech in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany under the European Convention of Human Rights. | | | Must freedom of speech include the right of access to the media? |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0198256035?v=glance
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| | NOW with Bill Moyers. Quiz. Freedom of Speech PBS |
| | The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects free speech by: | | | So you just can't stand the fact that Congress failed to increase funding for child care; the First Amendment gives you the right to protest any time, place and way that you want. | | | Who gets to decide what speech is protected by the First Amendment? |
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| | Sabbah’s Blog » Freedom of Speech |
| | Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. | | | You are currently browsing the archives for the Freedom of Speech category. | | | Free my colleague: Hao Wu detained without charge |
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| | EFF: Homepage |
| | However, much of the evidence that was to be included in the motion--as well as the legal arguments based on that evidence--was held back temporarily at the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ). | | | Proposed New Jersey Laws Would Chill Free Speech | | | The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling for nominations for its 2006 Pioneer Awards -- the annual celebration of leaders on the electronic frontier who extend freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology. |
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| | John Stuart Mill on Freedom Of Speech |
| | Public and Parliamentary Speeches - Mill states, ". | | | This small 100 page book is the best known and the most instrumental of his writings concerning freedom of speech. | | | "In government, perfect freedom of discussion in all its modes — speaking, writing, and printing — in law and in fact is the first requisite of good because the first condition of popular intelligence and mental progress." |
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| | BBC NEWS Magazine Freedom of speech (with limits) |
| | We must be prepared to grapple with the complexity of the world and the competing demands of sometimes incompatible values. | | | What both views gloss over is that in real life there are difficult cases. | | | On one side of the argument are those for whom freedom of speech is sacrosanct. |
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | This is the stuff romanticists say we fight wars over – the freedom of dissent. | | | Perhaps questions fall under the category of thought that both Defense Secretary Donald Rumsford and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers recently described (on separate occasions) as “oldthink.” So look where we are. | | | Orwell might have been off by 17 years but he’s giving Nostradamous a run for his money. |
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| | SitNews - Letter: Freedom of Speech By Frances C. Natkong |
| | SitNews - Letter: Freedom of Speech By Frances C. Natkong | | | I am a school board member and follow the rules of the school when in/on school grounds, which would be no vulgar language, etc. in school - so no I would not let my grandchildren wear vulgarity to school but what makes this country great is individuality. | | | It's up to each individual what he/she chooses to do, how he/she expresses their freedom of speech. |
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| | Freedom Of Speech, RIP |
| | Freedom of speech is dying an excruciating death. | | | I cannot stand by in tacit silence, while what's left of our freedom wriggles and squirms and gasps for air. | | | The solution will never come from shutting people up, scaring them, threatening them and imprisoning them because they merely dared to question. |
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| | Freedom of Speech ? |
| | Canadians (and others) who cherish "truth, freedom, and justice" are encouraged to read these alternative newspaers and/or magazines as well as the various e-zines and/or mailing lists on the internet. | | | Strange also that the establishement media with their supposedly vested interest in "freedom of speech and freedom of expression" never protested vigourously against these "ploice state" New Hate Propaganda Guidelines." | | | Back in 1988, National Revenue Minister, Government of Canada, Elmer McKay announced "New Hate Propaganda Guidelines" which in reality were the precursor to making "free discussion, debate, and free expression of unpopular ideas and/or opinions" a criminal offense in Canada in the 1990's and beyond. |
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| | Jogin.com :: Freedom of Speech |
| | That, of course, equals "no freedom of speech at all", because nice morally sound speech which does not upset anyone, and therefore isn't challanged by anyone, does not need to be protected. | | | If these people hate their freedom so much, why don't they move to a country where they aren't allowed to express the message they're expressing, or, at the very best, aren't allowed to do anything they usually do. | | | I can't count the times I've seen or heard a person living in a free society wishing for their society to be remarkably less free; they want freedom of speech to be reduced to "freedom of nice morally sound speech". |
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http://jogin.com/weblog/archives/2004/01/02/freedom_of_speech
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| | WWW:BTB -- Freedom of Speech !!!DRAFT ONLY!!! |
| | This chapter tries to consolidate some of the information and opinions that exists on freedom speech on the Internet. | | | By presenting as many dimensions of this controversial issue as possible, this document can hopefully serve as a source of clarity and rational thinking. | | | General Opinions about Free Speech on the Internet |
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http://ei.cs.vt.edu/book/chap5
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| | Freedom of Speech |
| | Me," he points out that the case isn't just about him -- it impacts everyone's speech rights. |
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| | EFF: Blue Ribbon Campaign |
| | Display the Blue Ribbon to support the essential human right of free speech, a fundamental building block of free society, affirmed by the U.S. Bill of Rights in 1791 and by the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. | | | EFF successfully fought to unveil a secret government subpoena that had resulted in more than 20 Independent Media Center (Indymedia) news websites and other Internet services being taken offline. | | | With your support, EFF can hold the government accountable for investigations that cut off protected speech. |
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| | Freedom of Speech, Inc. -- Assistive Technology Solutions |
| | Freedom of Speech, Inc. is a provider of Assistive Technology Solutions for people with and without disabilities. | | | Freedom of Speech, Inc. -- Assistive Technology Solutions | | | FOS specializes in Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Blindness, Low Vision, Braille, Accessable Door Openers and Environmental Control Systems. |
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http://www.freedomofspeech.com
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