“There are regularly fresh media accounts of defendants handed lengthy prison terms for their online speech. Weeks ago, for example, another Pennsylvania man was handed up to a six-year term for a YouTube rap video threatening police officers. In the Elonis case pending before the Supreme Court, the 30-year-old contends that the authorities never proved he intended to threaten anybody. Only one federal appeals court has sided with Elonis’ contention that the authorities must prove that the person who made the threat actually meant to carry it out. Eight other circuit courts of appeal, however, have ruled that the standard is whether a ‘reasonable person’ would conclude the threat was real.”
Related posts:
Why Is the Navy Building a Shiny Drone Base in Sunny Malibu?
Marijuana: Will It Ever Be Legal? States Lead the Charge as Opinion Shifts
Republicans to Jeff Sessions: Get Your Hands Off Our Weed (Taxes)
WeChat introduces gold-backed mobile micropayments in China
Snowden Issues Statement Condemning Actions of Both Obama and Biden
US Government Moves To Seize 139-Year-Old Family Gold Mines
3 Acts of American Education System Insanity
Marc Faber on shadow banking, market psychology, & the global impact of American monetary policy
Albany police: SWAT used poor black neighborhood for training because it’s ‘realistic’
Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site
Is Bitcoin Too Big for Government to Ignore?
Apple Won't Explain Why It's Against Bitcoin
Kucinich defends tea party groups against IRS on ‘Fox News Sunday’
Americans Agree Violent Crime Should Be Police Priority – Not Drugs
First Obamacare Horror Story