Free Speech

Case - 405 U.S. 518

Parties: Gooding v. Wilson

Date: 1972-03-23

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Paragraph: 4 - The constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech forbid the States to punish the use of words or language not within 'narrowly limited classes of speech.'

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  • (reg) narrow limitations on speech

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Paragraph: 40 - '(T)his Court does not see any policy reasons for upholding the right of a person to use the type of language expressed by this petitioner. It strains the concept of freedom of speech out of proportion when it is argued that such language is and should be protected.'

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  • (is not) abusive language (directed at police)
  • (is not) obscenity

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Paragraph: 40 - N90* '(T)his Court does not see any policy reasons for upholding the right of a person to use the type of language expressed by this petitioner. It strains the concept of freedom of speech out of proportion when it is argued that such language is and should be protected.'

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  • (is not) obscenity

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Paragraph: 9 - Our decisions since Chaplinsky have continued to recognize state power constitutionally to punish 'fighting' words under carefully drawn statutes not also susceptible of application to protected expression,

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  • (is not) fighting words

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Paragraph: 29 - It was clear, therefore, that in Cox not only the language of the statute, but the facts of the very case before the Court, involving as it did protected political speech concerning a burning issue of great social concern, were cogent and persuasive evidence of the statute's potential for sweeping and improper applications. By way of contrast, there is nothing in the language of the Georgia statute, or even in the isolated and ancient Georgia decisions relied on by the Court today that indicates that the statute involved in this case has ever been applied to suppress speech even remotely comparable to that involved in Cox.

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  • (is) political speech on matters of social concern

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Paragraph: 4 - In other words, the statute must be carefully drawn or be authoritatively construed to punish only unprotected speech and not be susceptible of application to protected expression. N73* 'Because First Amendment freedoms need breathing space to survive, government may regulate in the area only with narrow specificity.'

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  • N73* / quote / endorsement / Q0397 /

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  • (reg) speech

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