Free Speech - Case - 394 U.S. 705

Case - 394 U.S. 705

Parties: Watts v. United States

Date: 1969-04-21

Identifiers:

394 U.S. 705 (U.S. Reports)
89 S. Ct. 1399
22 L. Ed. 2d 664

Opinions:

Majority: Author - PER CURIAM
Dissent: Author - White, Byron Raymond, 1917-2002
Concurrence: Author - Douglas, William Orville, 1898-1980
Dissent: Author - Fortas, Abraham, 1910-1982
Dissent: Joining - Harlan, John Marshall, 1899-1971

Segment Sets:

Paragraph: 3 - Certainly the statute under which petitioner was convicted is constitutional on its face. The Nation undoubtedly has a valid, even an overwhelming, interest in protecting the safety of its Chief Executive and in allowing him to perform his duties without interference from threats of physical violence. See H.R.Rep. No. 652, 64th Cong., 1st Sess. (1916). Nevertheless, a statute such as this one, which makes criminal a form of pure speech, must be interpreted with the commands of the First Amendment clearly in mind. What is a threat must be distinguished from what is constitutionally protected speech.

Notes:

Preferred Terms:

(is not) threat

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Source: http://freespeech.iath.virginia.edu/exist-speech/cocoon/freespeech/FOS_newSTerms_One?doc=/db/fos_all/federal/SC/1960s/19690421.394.US.705.xml&keyword1= speech protected speech&wordsBefore=&wordsAfter=#m1

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