Ban on speech ‘about a person’ that negligently causes ‘significant mental suffering, anxiety or alarm’ struck down

The Volokh Conspiracy 2017-11-30

Summary:

Illinois “stalking” and “cyber-stalking” statutes criminalize (among other things), “knowingly engag[ing] in [2 more or acts] directed at a specific person,” including “communicat[ing] to or about” a person, when the communicator “knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person to” “suffer emotional distress,” defined as “significant mental suffering, anxiety […]

Link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/11/30/ban-on-speech-about-a-person-that-negligently-causes-significant-mental-suffering-anxiety-or-alarm-struck-down/

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Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

11/30/2017, 19:37

Date published:

11/30/2017, 13:15