Feds Prosecute Man for Writing Many Insulting Tweets and Posts

Glenn Reynolds Instapundit 8/28/2011

EUGENE VOLOKH: Federal Government Prosecuting Man for Writing Many Insulting Tweets and Blog Posts About Religious Leader. They told me if I voted for John McCain, the federal government would go after people who taunted religious leaders. And they were right!

Related: Anti-”bullying” language used to attack critics of public official.

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Kagan: Speech is free if government decides it has more value than ‘societal costs’

Mark Tapscott Washington Examiner 5/10/2010

Freedom of speech, religion and other First Amendment issues are likely to be among the most visible during the coming Senate confirmation hearings on President Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.

As an illustration why, consider this quote dug up by the First Amendment […]

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