US Supreme Court to hear case on domestic violence and first amendment
By
Louis P. Winner
he United States Supreme Court is going to hear a case about the intersection
of the first amendment and protection orders. A man, who had been convicted
of domestic violence, wrote on a facebook about harming his wife, and
quoted Eminem lyrics. The man was sentenced to jail over his posts. The
man has now appealed claiming a first amendment right to such postings.
Reads more about the case here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/supreme-court-case-tests-the-limits-of-free-speech-on-facebook-and-other-social-media/2014/11/23/9e54dbd8-6f67-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_story.html?utm_term=.ad00a02f8976
