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
Experienced National Security staff. I think the people on this panel are aware of that. They have a lot of interaction with the people on our staff. We do rely on their expertise and their history of navigating the most sensitive subjects imaginable. We recognize that there is tension between national between selfgovernance in this country and national selfpreservation and selfprotection. Theres no question about that. And we are not dismissive of National Security concerns. We do take them very seriously. We recognize that its a dangerous world. As weve heard already. We certainly know that. Nor do we doubt that the government needs to engage in surveillance activities. Its not a question whether she should have intelligent activities or no intelligence activities or no surveillance whatsoever. So as a result of that our reporters communicate quite regularly with the pentagon, the white house, the intelligence agencies, you know, on the nsa documents that are at issue here. We spent
Intelligence hearing on isis. The former commander to the u. S. Central command and the former u. S. Ambassador to iraq and syria. This Supreme Courts new term begins in october. Some of the upcoming cases include racial gerrymandering of congressional districts, whistle blower protections and the religious freedoms of prisoners. Former acting solicitor general joined a panel of law professors from the muslim center. Welcome to the aba division for public educations on the docket, Supreme Court Program Posted in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars. Im gary slayman, the chairman of the aba preview advise si board. Preview is the for decades has been the only resource to provide Detailed Analysis of each case before the Supreme Court prior to all arguments. Each preview issue highlights the main issue for the court in a way that nonlawyers and lawyers alike can understand. The preview board is delighted to welcome you to on the docket, to the annual Supr
On Dec. 3, a Loudon County public school student attempted to take his life after school staff failed to take reports of sexual harassment seriously, a lawsuit alleges. The male student, identified as “John Doe,” was unsuccessful in his suicide attempt and his parents have filed a lawsuit against the Loudon County Board of Education. […]