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later decisions.” The Court further held that those decisions had “fashioned a principle that the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.” Brandenburg’s “imminent lawless action” test remains the standard. It contains three parts: intent, imminence of lawlessness, and likelihood of lawlessness. Specifically, a defendant may be criminally convicted for speech that (1) is directed to inciting or producing (2) imminent illegal action (3) that is likely to occur. The Brandenburg test reflects a welcome shift in the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence
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The Supreme Court abandoned the clear and present danger test in Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969). The defendant in that case was a Ku Klux Klan leader who invited a local television station to film a Ku Klux Klan rally in Hamilton County. Based in part on that evidence, Brandenburg was charged with violating an Ohio law that banned the advocacy of the use of crime, sabotage, violence, or unlawful terrorism to accomplish political reform. Brandenburg was tried, convicted, and sentenced to prison for one to ten years. His conviction was summarily upheld by the First District Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed. In a per curiam opinion, the majority held that “Whitney has been thoroughly discredited by
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to be more protective of free speech. However, its contours are still unfolding. There are questions, for example, about its ability to limit or punish online speech that advocates violence or terrorism, given the unique nature of such speech (e.g., ever-present rather than temporally limited, not necessarily directed to a specific audience) and the concomitant difficulties of proving intent, imminence, and likelihood. More than two hundred years after its enshrinement in the U.S. Constitution, we can expect that courts will continue to grapple with the First Amendment’s limits. But we still have plenty to celebrate. Exercise your right to free speech today!
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