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Snyder V. Phelps: A Hard Case That Did Not Make Bad Law, Paul E. Salamanca
Snyder V. Phelps: A Hard Case That Did Not Make Bad Law, Paul E. Salamanca
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In Snyder v. Phelps, the Court stood by the First Amendment in hard times. A religious group conducted a protest some 1,000 feet from a fallen marine's funeral, holding such pickets as “God Hates the USA,” “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” and “You're Going to Hell.” Despite the empathy that virtually anyone would feel for the marine's grieving father, the Court held by a vote of eight to one that his action for intentional infliction of emotional distress and intrusion upon seclusion could not survive, owing largely to the public nature of the issues the protesters had raised. “Hard …
Prior Restraint In Wartime, Paul E. Salamanca
Prior Restraint In Wartime, Paul E. Salamanca
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In this article for Bench & Bar Magazine (the Kentucky Bar Association's magazine), Professor Paul E. Salamanca discusses the First Amendment during times of war or conflict.