Posted by Eugene Volokh:
"Reasonable Regulation of Speech":
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241740614
A special bonus for those skeptical of calls for "reasonable
regulation" of guns: Check out [1]Rep. Linda Sanchez's defense of her
[2]extremely broad proposal to criminalize "severe, repeated, and
hostile" speech intended to cause "substantial emotional distress."
Sure enough, here's the opening sentence of the paragraph in which she
tries to explain why this is constitutional:
Current Supreme Court jurisprudence already recognizes some
reasonable regulation of speech is consistent with the First
Amendment.
Ah, "reasonable regulation" -- who but an unreasonable person could be
against such a reasonable proposal?
References
1.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-linda-sanchez/protecting-victims-preser_b_198079.html
2. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241740320
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