No, Madonna’s ‘I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House’ isn’t a threat of violence

Ars Technica 2017-01-21

Summary:

Piers Morgan writes (and I’ve seen other comments that suggest the same): Madonna just said she wants to bomb the White House. Any ordinary person who said that would be arrested, charged & jailed. I doubt it — and, if someone were charged, the charges would be quickly thrown out. First Amendment law — and […]

Link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/21/no-madonnas-i-have-thought-an-awful-lot-about-blowing-up-the-white-house-isnt-a-threat-of-violence/

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Cyberlaw » The Volokh Conspiracy

Tags:

freedom of speech

Authors:

Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

01/21/2017, 22:47

Date published:

01/21/2017, 19:17