Sentences with phrase «as protected speech»

Second, and perhaps somewhat more importantly, the law poses a serious threat to anonymous expression, which U.S. case law recognizes as protected speech in many cases.

The first principle of the defense of free speech is eternal vigilance is the price of freedom: readers who accept David Rose's false misuses of the press as protected speech demonstrate insufficient skepticism.

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.

If blocking traffic counted as protected speech, it wouldn't be a crime — and it wouldn't be civil disobedience.

How many Clam marches in black or Jewish areas have been UPHELD as protected speech, NOT provocative?!! This is just one judge's choice to strike back against atheism.

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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.

Be aware of rules that protect employees» freedom of speech as well as the firm's ability to safeguard trade secrets and confidential business information.

«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.

For the most part, the courts have sided with them, enshrining free speech as one of the country's most protected laws along the way.

The appeals court reversed the decision of a lower court in Virginia that one - click actions such as Likes, as opposed to status updates and posted comments, are not speech and therefore not protected.

But if the Facebook Like is protected speech because it ostensibly communicates «the user's approval... and support» of the person, status or thing liked, as Traxler wrote, then what of liking things sarcastically or in jest, or — to use an example from another social network — of «hate - favoriting» on Twitter?

Nor should you insert religion into your political speech, as Title VII and many state laws protects against discrimination based on religion.

«To protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer, we are finally ending the crushing, the horrible, the unfair estate tax, or as it is often referred to, the death tax,» Trump said during a September speech in Indianapolis.

Notably, seven provinces opposed to the legislation, which, «in its drafting, if not in its intent, had serious and, in the view of the vast majority of witnesses, fatal flaws as to the constitutional violation of sections 92 and 91 of the British North America Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, freedom of speech, expression and association as protected by that very Charter of Rights and Freedoms,» Segal said.

For example, Facebook defines hate speech as a direct attack — dehumanizing speech, statements of inferiority or calls for exclusion or segregation — on people from protected groups.

But so long as they do not disrupt the disciplines of the school, and their speech is strictly student - initiated and non-curricular, their rights are scrupulously protected.

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.

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.

«They don't regard perceived insults to the Prophet Mohammed or the Quran as being protected by free speech, they regard it as a capital offense,» says Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, referring to protesters in Libya and Egypt, where the U.S. Embassy was attacked, who were angered by the film.

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.

Criticism is protected speech, as is satire, parody, ridicule, insults, and other «offensive» forms of speech.

In a statement, Broglio's office said: «Archbishop Broglio and the Archdiocese stand firm in the belief, based on legal precedent, that such a directive from the Army (about not reading the letter) constituted a violation of his Constitutionally - protected right of free speech and the free exercise of religion, as well as those same rights of all military chaplains and their congregants.»

Your freedom of speech is protected just as much as anyone else's.

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.

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.»

In most civilized western countries, this pastor's remarks would qualify as hate speech and he would not have his pulpit to protect him as he does here.

Guess now even what we write here considering our selves we are protected by the umbrella of freedom of speech and expressions, would come upon us one day as a witness against us, to what ever thoughts or chat we had will incriminate us although it was the only few steps taken forward to learn about the world round us and how people thought and how we though!?

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.

Think of all the atheist that have died protecting your rights as a US citizen, even the freedom of religion, yet now they want to use the right for freedom of speech or press, religious fanatics are claiming Atheist don't have the right

As frustrated as I was with Lifeway for not carrying my book, I never once complained that my civil rights were being violated or that my constitutionally - protected freedom of speech had been taken awaAs frustrated as I was with Lifeway for not carrying my book, I never once complained that my civil rights were being violated or that my constitutionally - protected freedom of speech had been taken awaas I was with Lifeway for not carrying my book, I never once complained that my civil rights were being violated or that my constitutionally - protected freedom of speech had been taken away.

In a speech in Sydney on Thursday, Mr Sims will warn Australian firms that the competition watchdog will not protect them from competition from new players such as Amazon - even if it means some firms will fail.

The Internet blacklist legislation — known as PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House — invites Internet security risks, threatens online speech, and hampers innovation on the Web.

In that speech (a full copy of which you can view by clicking here), I offered some suggestions on how each of us — whether we be parent, coach, official, athletic trainer, clinician, current or former professional athlete, sports safety equipment manufacturer, whether we were there representing a local youth sports program, the national governing body of a sport, or a professional sports league, could work together as a team to protect our country's most precious human resource — our children — against catastrophic injury or death from sudden impact syndrome or the serious, life - altering consequences of multiple concussions.

The new Act will help to protect free speech, as well as end London's status as the «libel capital of the world».

A Downing Street spokeswoman refused to comment, but a Home Office source told The Times: «Getting agreement about the thresholds for what constitutes extremism and what needs to be protected as free speech is not going to be easy or straightforward.»

It's also part of a broader problem, in that politically - minded young people often seem instinctively uninterested in JS Mill - type arguments for free speech, and consider censorship questions as more about protecting certain groups from emotional pain than protecting individuals from those who would stop them participating in debate.

«While we recognize the obligation to protect against hate speech that constitutes incitement to hostility, discrimination or violence, this should not be used as a pretext to clampdown on legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression that does not constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.

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

We labelled this pineapple «Mohammed», to encourage discussion about blasphemy, religion, and liberty, as well as to celebrate the fact that we live in a country in which free speech is protected, and where it is lawful to call a pineapple by whatever name one chooses.

Public Advocate Letitia James — who rolled out a legislative, policy and legal agenda to protect fundamental rights yesterday — told the Observer as she was leaving the venue that de Blasio's speech helped to unify New Yorkers «without a doubt.»

«Free speech is the cornerstone to our democracy and the defendants» actions in this instance are a flagrant violation of my client's protected rights as a citizen of this nation,» Vacco said.

Plainly, I believe in the freedom of the press and freedom of speech in this country, even when it is sometimes exercised provocatively, as it is supposed to be in a free country, but there are also areas where an individual is entitled to have their privacy protected.

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.

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

The rights that we have in this country are protected as they relate to freedom of speech.

After a devastating election from a liberal perspective, and as Meryl Streep pointed out in her Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe speech, with the feeling that Hollywood is being attacked by the right, it very well might want to protect itself and also, reward itself.

DreamWorks nabbed the rights to King's story in 2009, which crucially included the permission to use his famous «Dream» speech, as protected by copyright.

Meanwhile, Khrushchev desperately tries to protect Stalin's children: Vasily (Rupert Friend), the boss's incapable drunken son, who delivers a seriously egregious funeral speech; secondly, the pale, shell - shocked Svetlana (Andrea Riseborough, hardly recognizable from her part as the dreamy hippie love interest in Battle of the Sexes).

This analysis reflects the fact that the federal Constitution protects us from certain kinds of governmental action — such as state - imposed segregation, prohibitions on free speech, or invasions of personal privacy — but does not create expansive positive rights or guarantee governmental assistance.

In a conference call before his speech today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said: «In the last decade the office for civil rights has not been as vigilant as it should have been in combating gender and racial discrimination and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities.»