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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Courts - "Free Speech to be Tested in Coming Supreme Court Term"
That is the heading to this entry from the WSJ Law Blog. It points to a WSJ story yesterday by Jess Bravin looking at the free speech rights cases on the Court's agenda:
First up on Oct. 6 the justices will weigh whether the First Amendment protects a Kansas church’s campaign to publicize its beliefs by picketing military funerals with vulgar placards and insulting fallen soldiers’ survivors in online screeds.The father of a fallen Marine is seeking damages for emotional distress from the church, which believes that God is killing American soldiers to punish the U.S. for its tolerance of homosexuality.
Next month, the court will consider whether states can bar minors from buying violent videogames, on the theory that these games cause damage to developing minds.
Both of these cases, WSJ reports, add a digital twist to constitutional doctrine. The church’s Internet posting potentially exposes a large audience to its hurtful attack, while the videogame laws single out computer role-playing as uniquely dangerous to children.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 28, 2010 10:56 AM
Posted to Courts in general