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Rights Speech, Timothy Zick
Rights Speech, Timothy Zick
Faculty Publications
Freedom of expression has a complex and dynamic relationship with a number of other constitutional rights, including abortion, the right to bear arms, equal protection, the franchise, and religious liberty. This Article discusses one aspect of that relationship. It critically analyzes the regulation of "rights speech" - communications about or concerning the recognition, scope, or exercise of constitutional rights. As illustrative examples, the Article focuses on regulation of speech about abortion and the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Governments frequently manage, structure, and limit how individuals discuss constitutional rights. For example, laws and regulations compel physicians to convey information …
Section 5: First Amendment, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 5: First Amendment, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
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The Mechanics Of First Amendment Audience Analysis, David S. Han
The Mechanics Of First Amendment Audience Analysis, David S. Han
William & Mary Law Review
When the government seeks to regulate speech based on its content, it generally assumes that listeners will process the speech in a manner that produces social harm. Because the chain of causation for such speech-based harm runs through the filter of an audience, courts must constantly make judgments regarding the audience’s reception of such speech. How will the speech be interpreted by the audience? To what extent will the speech cause the audience either to suffer direct emotional harm or to react physically to the speech in a harmful manner? Although this sort of inquiry—which I refer to as “audience …