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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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| The right of free expression is constitutionally guaranteed. These extraordinary citizens who "by dissenting when it was unpopular or dangerous" preserved "the precious right of free expression for the next century's dissenters" include Paul Robeson, Walter Bergman, John Lewis, Rev. Asserting that American Muslims should be viewed as a viable and legitimate part of American society, he said that secret evidence was used primarily to intimidate members of the larger Arab-American community from exercising their right of free expression and of association. |
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