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  2. Hate speech in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hate speech in the United States cannot be directly regulated by the government due to the fundamental right to freedom of speech protected by the Constitution. [1] While "hate speech" is not a legal term in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that most of what would qualify as hate speech in other western countries is legally protected speech under the First Amendment.

  3. Brandenburg v. Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [1] The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action".

  4. Hate speech - Wikipedia

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    Hate speech is a term with varied meaning and has no single, consistent definition. It is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group based on something such as race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation". [ 1] The Encyclopedia of the American Constitution states ...

  5. What happened and what's to come: A First Amendment ... - AOL

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    PEN America, a free speech group, recently named Florida as the No. 1 state for "book banning," a term conservatives hate but one many people use to describe book removals from public schools.

  6. United States free speech exceptions - Wikipedia

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    United States free speech exceptions. The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. In the United States, some categories of speech are not protected by the First Amendment. According to the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Constitution protects free speech while allowing limitations on certain categories of speech. [ 1]

  7. New York's Online Hate Speech Law Raises Serious First ... - AOL

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    New York's Online Hate Speech Law Raises Serious First Amendment Concerns. The state of New York is heading back to court to defend a law that would require social media networks to police speech ...

  8. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan - Wikipedia

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    I, XIV. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restrict the ability of public officials to sue for defamation. [ 1][ 2] The decision held that if a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit is a public ...

  9. Snyder v. Phelps - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Const. amend. Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 (2011), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that speech made in a public place on a matter of public concern cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress, even if the speech is viewed as offensive or outrageous.