Theyre doing hard work cleaning up a cluttered closet to the First Amendment where lower courts are in disagreement and everyone is a little bit at sea. The first of these, a case involving the socalled truth rats doctrine. There is a lot of speech protected by the First Amendment, there is a lot of speech that is not protected by the First Amendment and this is a question of when is threatening language protected and when is it not protected . The question is in order to be unprotected by the First Amendment, does the speaker have to have intended to threaten someone . Or is it enough if a reasonable person would think this was threatening language . Do you have a subjective standard when you ask about the state of mind of the speaker or do you ask what an objective listener would take away . This is not about whether you intend to carry out the threat or not. That is not necessary. Do you have to have intended to make someone feel threatened . This case involves a man the university
Anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial, id been in this job for about a month, and i remember those days. And he said for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago whether not in search of some abstract ideal. They were there seeking jobs as well as justice, not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. And the passage of the Civil Rights Act less than a year later was truly historic triumph. And as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing that law, i took it as a solemn obligation because i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to insure passage of that law. And so, you know, its really time today to make sure that we note our progress but also discuss the Unfinished Business. And, indeed, you know, tremendous progress has been made. And i think some of the best examples are Kamala Harris as one of our speakers. Another example, senator padilla himself. Its a remarkable nation that allows the son of
Flooding. Some gusts in the 40 mph range in places like maine and wind chills in some cases are below zero. Well have a full update on this storm and more in the complete news coming up in an hour. A highlevel of delegates includes the president of the United States paid tribute to president abdullah. President salman is the inside story. Be hello im ray suarez. The american relationship with the modern saudi arabia has always been, to put it politely, complicated. The u. S. Has sold some of its most advance weapon systems and trained saudis in their use and at other times support saudis military as it went against israel u. S. closest ally. Saudi arabia has spread vast sums of money across the muslim world building mosques hiring clerics, and distributing educational materials all in the growth of a strain of fundamentalist arabs. And at the same time saudi arabia has been willing in the gulf war to apply with the United States. To expel iraq from kuwait, and to support the overthrow
We now have the top 50 law firms in the country, over half that dont just donate their time, they fight over who gets to donate their time for the privilege of doing these cases and defending our country. [applause] and the result of that is twofold. Number one, for every case we spend, for every 10,000 we spend on the case begins 60,000 donated from these attorneys. Where will the multiple resources. Additionally, if you look at the nonprofit legal groups and their when loss record 5050, maybe they are 6040. Or when rate now for 12 years straight has been about 9 . [applause] because when we do , our attorney lives in montana is that is where the cases. Hes from one of the biggest law firms there. He grew up there. He is known there thought the beauty and the judge were fishing buddies when there were 12. When the aclu that flies in from new york city he has a disadvantage. Are people of the best of the best of the best. A government where some nonprofit. The statue was built on relig
Because with time comes change and what matters in the end is that you are Strong Enough to support it. Mufg, we build relationships that build the world. And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. A syrian city in ruins after Islamic State militants were finally driven out of kobani. We take a look at the price paid to defeat the extremists. Became a tremendous cost. Hundreds of Coalition Airstrikes. After 400 days in an egyptian jail, an australian journalist speaks about leaving behind his colleagues. The moment he learned of his own release. The warden called me over and told me, pack your stuff. I said, what do you mean . And are these two pieces of art minor works or the only bronze statues by michelangelo . Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america, and also around the globe. Most of the world watched as the syrian town of kobani was the site of one of the fiercest battles against the Islamic State. In the end i. S. Was defeated, and we get a f