Cohen v. California
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cohen-v-california-212-3207274
title:
Cohen v. California
text:
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prevented the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket displaying "Fuck the Draft" in the public corridors of a California courthouse. The Court ultimately found that displaying a mere four-letter word was not sufficient justification for allowing states to restrict free speech and that free speech can be restricted only under
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1971 U.S. Supreme Court case on freedom of speech and public civility
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen_v._California
date created:
2004-01-05T23:25:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T05:52:34Z
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