Sentences with phrase «amendment protected speech»

Hunter refused, arguing that his blog constituted First Amendment protected speech and therefore, a disclaimer limiting his speech rights was unconstitutional.

Because the impact of pornography occurs through the mediation of an audience witnessing a performance, rather than an audience receiving physical services from a performer, pornography and its making qualify as First - Amendment protected speech.

«Your honor this is classic First Amendment protected speech.

She adds the law is too broad and will infringe on First Amendment protected speech for adults and children.

«There is no ambiguity in the law here — the First Amendment protects speech — it does not protect the use of tents and sleeping bags to take over a public space.»

For teachers, «generally, the First Amendment protects your speech if you are speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern,» according to the ACLU.

The Supreme Court ruled that while the First Amendment protects the speech of public employees when they are acting «as citizens,» they don't have the same protection for speech when it is spoken «pursuant to... official responsibilities.»

Not exact matches

A court in San Francisco ruled last week that Google search results are protected by free speech laws under the First Amendment, which means that the company can order its search results any way it sees fit.

Although Thiel implies in his essay that the Gawker story about Hogan's sex tape would not have been published by any right - thinking journalistic outlet, and that the First Amendment doesn't and shouldn't protect such behavior, two higher - court judges ruled before the Hogan decision that the Gawker piece was clearly covered by the Constitution's free - speech protections.

While the First Amendment protects the right to speech and assembly for even the most heinous groups and ideas, it does not protect speech if it calls for and is likely to lead to «imminent lawless action.»

I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment.

«I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment,» Wheeler said after the decision was announced Tuesday.

The Apple (aapl) executive also commented on the First Amendment, which protects free speech — adding that at the time the founding fathers established this idea, there were no app developers, modern content creators, and other new forms of speech, notes 9 to 5 Mac.

He suggested that although the jurors might find the video, Gawker and Hogan's sex life distasteful, they must protect the First Amendment right to free speech.

Rights have limits: The First Amendment prohibits laws abridging freedom of speech, but courts have not protected falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater or inciting to riot.

That means Facebook deletes calls for violence or slurs that may be protected free speech in the U.S. under the First Amendment.

But the First Amendment protects everybody, and you can't say that we are going to apply the First Amendment to only those cases where we are in agreement,» Bloomberg said, citing the section of the Constitution that promises freedom of speech.

Loosely translated, this means that the First Amendment does not protect, but restricts, free speech in public schools if it is religious in nature.

It is, after all, «protected by First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech.»

The Supreme Court ruled that corporations are protected under the 1st Amendment for campaign contributions (ie free speech) and are the same as individuals under the law.

The First Amendment of the United States Consti.tution protects freedom of speech in this country.

A parallel can be found in a civil right as sacred as that of free speech, which can not be infringed but does suffer some regulation: pornography, fighting words, and libel are not protected from state law by the First Amendment.

She insisted that the signs her father was carrying were protected under the free speech and freedom of religion clauses of the First Amendment.

They can implement what policies they want; the First Amendment only protects us against government abridgement of free speech.

The First Amendment Defense Act can and should protect the free exercise of religion without ignoring the freedom of speech, press and assembly for the non-observant as well as the devout.

Since pastors are free to make political endorsements as individual citizens, just not in their official capacities as leaders of the church, supporters of the Johnson Amendment contend that rather than restricting political speech, the rules protect nonprofits from lobbying interests.

Third, free speech ought not be absolutized because the First Amendment basically protects, not the right of the press to speak, but the right of every citizen to know.

Dworkin argues that the support of free speech as a requirement for democracy demands, by its own logic, «some threshold line to be drawn between interpretations of the First Amendment that would protect and those that would invade democracy.»

Yelling «Fire» in a crowded theater is NOT within the bounds of the First Amendment so it is NOT protected speech.

Religious groups in this country have tried to stifle free expression in music, literature and books, but the First Amendment of the Const / itution protects free speech, as well as the freedom to worship (or not worship) as you will.

The First Amendment protects our freedom of speech; it does not protect us from the consequences of the things we say.

The proposal would violate the First Amendment, which protects the speech of plant - based and clean meat companies.

Lawyers for ABC countered in court papers that the lawsuit was a meritless attempt to inhibit free speech, and that the «pink slime» term was the kind of «hyperbolic» language that courts routinely protect under the First Amendment.

In an address to the conservative Federalist Society, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito defended his stance on the issue by arguing, «Surely the idea that the First Amendment protects only certain privileged voices should be disturbing to anybody who believes in free speech.»

«When our government criminalizes the very free speech that the First Amendment was written to protect, sends people to prison for simply exercising their constitutional rights, and wields its power like a weapon against political enemies, we are all in trouble.»

He has since apologized for making the comments but insisted his First Amendment rights protected the speech, even as a board of education member.

Regardless of how cruel and loathsome the rhetoric of these fringe groups may be, Legislator Marcotte recognizes that their speech is protected under the first amendment.

Union members» First Amendment right of freedom of speech and assembly should be reaffirmed and be protected against arbitrary disciplinary actions.

The First Amendment protects free speech.

«The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech?»

This section specifically was found to violate the rights of free speech, as protected by the First Amendment, for a collection of individuals gathered via contractual agreement.

Walters and his colleagues sued the city, arguing their firings were in retaliation for engaging in free speech protected under the First Amendment.

False, malicious and defamatory statements do not arise to political speech and are not protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.»

The motion itself asks that the court allow LPO candidates be allowed on the ballot and that the LPO remain a legal political party in order to protect the its First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of political speech and equal protection under the law.

Several attorneys told The News that Paladino's comments are protected speech under the First Amendment.

Crotty cited recent US Supreme Court rulings holding that big - dollar political contributions are a form of First Amendment - protected free speech.

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The Supreme Court in its 1982 NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. decision recognized boycotts as a First Amendment form of protected free speech.

In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the CPPA infringed on the First Amendment and classified computer - generated child pornography as protected speech.

«To the extent that they're giving their scientific opinions, there's a First Amendment interest in protecting the speech,» Kolber said.