Sentences with phrase «protected speech for»

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

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Most notably, Sarah Paulson, who won an award for her role in the miniseries The People vs. O.J. Simpson, used her acceptance speech to drum up more support, asking everyone who is able to donate to the ACLU «to protect the rights and liberties of people across this country.»

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.

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.

Critics said traffickers used the platform to sell children for sex, however defenders say its ad hosting services are protected under freedom of speech laws.

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

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

Source: US Treasury Official Calls for Global Crypto Regulation The undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence called on the international community for stronger cryptocurrency regulations to help protect the financial system and national security in a speech yesterday.

I'm reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg's opinion: «A mandate to purchase a particular product would be unconstitutional if, for example, the edict impermissibly abridged the freedom of speech, interfered with the free exercise of religion, or infringed on a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.»

And if it was for religious differences, then that part of it (not the crime itself) is protected speech.

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

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 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.

The questions about religion and public life, those calling for «public» discussion, no longer focus on the verifiability of religious speech but concern quite other issues: methods of understanding and describing the religious realities, old and new, that we see appearing around us; useful criteria for assessing these religions and for defining and comprehending this new set of powers in our public life; and ways of protecting vital religious groups from the excesses of the public reaction to them, and protecting the public from the excesses of powerful religious groups — hardly questions a secular culture had thought it would have to take seriously!

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.»

If the Westboro Baptists should be protected for spouting their «hate speech,» then muslims can, and so can atheists.

The Christian Legal Centre, which has been supporting Mr Courney, said the case highlights the need for police to «understand how the law protects free speech».

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 away.

Whether they are invalidating a law protecting partially born babies, or upholding one restricting the speech of pro «life counselors, their invocation of constitutional principles merely provides rhetorical cover for decisions dictated by ideological goals.

Other groups may not experience the same conflict because they do not read the Constitution in the same way — in the way, for example, that makes no moral discrimination among the kinds of speech or the kinds of political factions that the Constitution was meant to protect.

The reasons were evident in the meeting and in the responses of Jews throughout the country: There were, in Skokie, many survivors of the Holocaust, but the passion for protecting those survivors was overborne by a deeper uneasiness over the prospect of restricting political speech.

If implementing a policy that restricts political speech or speech in front of customers, the policy should provide a carve - out for speech that may be protected by Section 7 of the NLRA and other applicable laws.

The pitiful excuse given by the Treasurer for protecting the supermarket duopoly from this legislation - again, from his second reading speech - was:

However, in his second reading speech, Barnaby Joyce, responsible for the bill's introduction, made various statements highlighting his view that the provision was intended to protect small business:

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.

North School Park in Arlington Heights is considered a public forum and has historically provided a space for the expression of constitutionally protected free speech, subject to reasonable Park District rules and regulations.

North School Park is considered a public forum and has historically provided a space for the expression of constitutionally protected free speech, subject to reasonable Park District rules and regulations.

For the rest, I think the argument coudl be made that the speech is not»... an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes...» and is therefore not protected.

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.

In response to calls from Humanists UK and others, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has today published comprehensive guidance on the law protecting and limiting free speech for students and universities.

«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.»

In a statement this week, Clegg insisted that the destruction of the Guardian's hard drive was a «reasonable» step for the government to take, before adding that he was also «keen» to protect the paper's freedom of speech.

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

Menendez is appealing his case on the grounds that he is protected by the so - called «speech or debate clause,» which prohibits prosecutions of congressmen for legislative activity.

«In his speech today, Governor Cuomo outlined a clear progressive vision for protecting our most vulnerable citizens, continued economic development and job creation, a fairer criminal justice system, a more equitable educational system, greater infrastructure investment and a plan for addressing sexual harassment in New York State.

«The Federal Protective Service stands with it partners within the Portland community to ensure the peaceful exercise of individual freedoms of demonstration and speech, while preserving and protecting the safety of all individuals on federal property,» said Robert Sperling, Director of Communications and Engagement for the Federal Protective Service.

During an oral evidence session and in written submissions to the inquiry, Humanists UK and its student section Humanist Students called for clearer official guidance to be issued for universities and student unions on the current law and obligations towards protecting free speech.

That «allows for law enforcement, under the guise of protecting another's reputation, to pursue their personal predilections, regardless (of) whether the impersonated persons complained to law enforcement and regardless of the truth or falsity of the underlying speech,» according to Porter.

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.

«Mr. Paladino has raised the affirmative defense that he is the victim of a conspiracy to retaliate against him for his constitutionally protected speech.

In a speech calling for stronger laws to protect voting rights, President Barack Obama endorsed the activism of Rev. Al Sharpton, encouraging a crowd in Midtown to form a national network for action on the issue.

Poloncarz expressed his full support for the local law, saying it's not an issue about religious freedom nor freedom of speech but rather an issue of protecting children.

Voting and Other Reforms Leading up to his speech Cuomo unveiled parts of his «Democracy Agenda,» which aims to protect the integrity of elections, requires transparency for digital advertisements, and enact voting reforms.

He discusses how these research findings can inform standards for the regulation of free speech to protect youth development and human rights.

After people were fired for a Facebook «like,» a court ruled that a «like» is not protected free speech.