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Is provocation protected speech? (Original Post) superpatriotman Aug 2017 OP
This is the line: The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #1
+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. This is the line:
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:24 PM
Aug 2017

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969) held that 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."

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