Free Speech

Paragraph: 15 - It is axiomatic that a democratic state may not deny its citizens the right to criticize existing laws and to urge that they be changed. And yet, in order to succeed in an effort to legalize polygamy it is obviously necessary to convince a substantial number of people that such conduct is desirable. But conviction that the practice is desirable has a natural tendency to induce the practice itself. Thus, depending on where the circular reasoning is started, the advocacy of polygamy may either be unlawful as inducing a violation of law, or be constitutionally protected as essential to the proper functioning of the democratic process.

Notes:

Preferred Terms:

• (is) criticism of laws
• (is not) inducing violations of the law

Phrase match: the right to criticize existing laws

Source: http://freespeech.iath.virginia.edu/exist-speech/cocoon/freespeech/FOS_newSTerms_One?doc=/db/fos_all/federal/SC/1940s/19480209.333.US.95.xml&keyword1=right to&wordsBefore=1&wordsAfter=3#m1

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Paragraph: 14 - At the very least the line must be drawn between advocacy and incitement, and even the state's power to punish incitement may vary with the nature of the speech, whether persuasive or coercive, the nature of the wrong induced, whether violent or merely offensive to the mores, and the degree of probability that the substantive evil actually will result.

Notes:

Preferred Terms:

• (reg) incitement

Phrase match: of the speech, whether persuasive or

Source: http://freespeech.iath.virginia.edu/exist-speech/cocoon/freespeech/FOS_newSTerms_One?doc=/db/fos_all/federal/SC/1940s/19480209.333.US.95.xml&keyword1=speech&wordsBefore=2&wordsAfter=3#m1

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