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freedom of speech |
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freedom of speechRight, as stated in the 1st and 14th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content. A modern legal test of the legitimacy of proposed restrictions on freedom of speech was stated in the opinion by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in Schenk v. U.S. (1919): a restriction is legitimate only if the speech in question poses a “clear and present danger”—i.e., a risk or threat to safety or to other public interests that is serious and imminent. Many cases involving freedom of speech and of the press also have concerned defamation, obscenity, and prior restraint (see Pentagon Papers). See also censorship. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Aaron's parents sued the school board and superintendent, arguing that the drawing was protected speech under the First Amendment. 781, 791 (1989) ("[T]he government may impose reasonable restrictions on the time, place, or manner of protected speech, provided the restrictions are justified without reference to the content of the regulated speech. The charities contended that the ordinance imposed an impermissible prior restraint of protected speech and an unreasonable burden on protected speech in violation of the First Amendment and failed to achieve its stated purpose of "preventing deception, fraud and misrepresentation and of promoting disclosure of information useful to a potential donor. |
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