the Obama Justice Department warns against using social media to spread information considered inflammatory against Muslims, threatening that it could constitute a violation of civil rights. " --- As of 2011, the Brandenburg test is still the standard used for evaluating attempts to punish inflammatory speech, and it has not been seriously challenged since it was laid down in 1969. Very few cases have actually reached the Court during the past decades that would test the outer limits of Brandenburg, so the test remains largely unqualified.
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed Brandenburg's conviction, holding that government cannot constitutionally punish abstract advocacy of force or law violation. The majority opinion was per curiam (issued from the Court as an institution rather than as authored and signed by an individual justice). The earlier draft had originally been prepared by Justice Abe Fortas before he was forced to resign in the midst of an ethics scandal, and would have included a modified version of the clear and present danger test. On May 31, 1:24 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > And I can do with a figure of Ol' Mo the Ham Head and call it either art or > shit. > > ** > BareNakedIslam posted: "In its latest effort to protect followers of > Islam in the U.S., the Obama Justice Department warns against using social > media to spread information considered inflammatory against Muslims, > threatening that it could constitute a violation of civil rights. " > New post on *BARE NAKED ISLAM* > <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1> Yes, but you can still dunk a > crucifix in a jar of urine and have it considered > “art”<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/05/31/yes-but-you-can-still-dunk-a...> > by > BareNakedIslam <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1> > > In its latest effort to protect followers of Islam in the U.S., the Obama > Justice Department warns against using social media to spread information > considered inflammatory against Muslims, threatening that it could > constitute a violation of civil rights. By "spreading information > considered inflammatory against Muslims" - even if it's true - you could > violate the civil […] > > Read more of this > post<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/05/31/yes-but-you-can-still-dunk-a...> > *BareNakedIslam <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1>* | May 31, 2013 > at 2:12 pm | Categories: > EnemyWithin-American<http://www.barenakedislam.com/?taxonomy=category&term=enemywithin-ame...>| > URL:http://wp.me/p276zM-U9G > > > Comment<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/05/31/yes-but-you-can-still-dunk-a...> > See all > comments<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/05/31/yes-but-you-can-still-dunk-a...> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cf...>. > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your > browser:http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/05/31/yes-but-you-can-still-dunk-a... -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
