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Moyer-Guse Comm. ... Paul, the topic of hate speech entered into the courts. ...
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Hate Speech:
A Call to Constitutional Arms
David Kennedy
Professor. Moyer-Guse
Comm. 170
2 June 2006
The first Amendment, as written by the founders of the constitution, uses plain language that is explicitly clear. The first Amendment does not say Congress shall not make some law, but rather speaks in absolutes. Nonetheless, over time, the courts have curtailed the meaning of protection granted to speech through several cases regarding questionable speech. As time has progressed, the court has commonly sided with the speaker of the questionable speech under the notion of staying in line with the fundamental rights established in the first Amendment. On the topic of hate speech, the court has generally come to the consensus that such speech is granted constitutional protection. Nonetheless, there still remains some gray area as to the scope of protection allotted to hate speech. Despite the hatred that can be conveyed to others through hate speech, such expression needs to be protected so that all can voice their opinion because the power of expression is a fundamental right of all Americans.
In order to understand the issue at hand, a brief history of first Amendment precedent must be discussed. Several precedents severally curtailed the scope of free speech protection. In Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) the court ruled that "fighting words" were not constitutionally protected; fighting words are those that by "their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace." The court justified it's ruling stating that such speech adds "no essential part of any exposition of ideas" and contains such slight social value that it's benefit is "clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality." In Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) the court ruled that the government cannot punish provocative speech unless it is directed to inciting and likely to produce...
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