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From Wikipedia:

The fighting words doctrine, in United States constitutional law, is a limitation to freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In its 9-0 decision, Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), the U.S. Supreme Court established the doctrine and held that “insulting or ‘fighting words,’ those that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace” are among the “well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech [that] the prevention and punishment of...have never been thought to raise any constitutional problem.”


8 posted on 03/02/2011 8:41:30 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

so the court essentially says we can joke at airports,, make assassination jokes, etc now,,,, If its ok to dance and celebrate in front of the parents at their childs funeral. Anyone can say anything, anywhere, anytime,,,

And I wonder if they maintained their prohibition of groups demonstrating on the steps of the spend court? You already know the answer,,,


13 posted on 03/02/2011 8:50:22 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: dfwgator

Indiana Code 35-42-2-3. Provocation.

A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally engages in conduct that is likely to provoke a reasonable man to commit battery commits provocation, a Class C infraction.

A class C Infraction is the same as a speeding ticket; $500 maximum fine, not subject to any jail time.


17 posted on 03/02/2011 8:58:42 AM PST by henkster (Before we make any more "investments" we ought to be shown the prospectus.)
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