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The Fight For Free Speech, Even If It's Offensive, Alan E. Garfield
The Fight For Free Speech, Even If It's Offensive, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
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When Is A Lie An Affront To The Law?, Alan E. Garfield
When Is A Lie An Affront To The Law?, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
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Dropping F-Bombs At The Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield
Dropping F-Bombs At The Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
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To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield
To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield
Alan E Garfield
This essay considers the provocative question of whether it is strategically wise for a lawyer to use foul language during a Supreme Court oral argument. This issue doesn’t come up often. But it does when a lawyer claims his client’s First Amendment rights were violated when the government punished him for using foul language. If the lawyer doesn’t use his client’s offensive words, he risks conceding that these words are so horrid they warrant suppression. But if he does use the words, he risks alienating justices who find the words unseemly. The essay uses the “fleeting expletives” case that was …