https://freerepublic.com/tag/expressiveconduct/ en-us Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:51:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/887228/posts Supreme Court Says States Can Ban Cross Burnings Mon April 07, 2003 11:54 AM ET By James Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States can ban cross burnings carried out with intent to intimidate, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday, ruling that such laws do not violate constitutional free-speech rights. The 6-3 decision involved a Virginia law adopted in 1952 to combat bigotry and racism after a spate of Ku Klux Klan cross burnings in the South. It makes it a crime to set ablaze a cross on public or private property "with the intent of intimidating any person or group... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/887228/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:51:13 GMT