updated Tue. April 16, 2024
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The Hill
February 28, 2018
As the Supreme Court observed in Cohen v. California, the aforementioned jacket case, “Of course, the mere presumed presence of unwitting listeners or viewers does not serve automatically to justify curtailing all speech capable of giving offense.” In other words, speech cannot be restricted just becauseÃâà...
Peacock Panache
February 27, 2018
The Supreme Court has also recognized counter-speech seeking to make an emotional plea against unpopular viewpoints (such as the emotionally charged protests of Milo Yiannopoulos on campuses across the nation). In Cohen v. California (1971), Justice John M. Harlan said, “We cannot sanction theÃâà...
Houston Press
February 14, 2018
Andy Ternay, a bearded blacksmith from Garland, went to brunch on Sunday wearing a shirt displaying the words, “Fuck Trump.” Employees at First Watch in Richardson, TX asked him to leave and someone even called the police. That same day, Ternay made a post on his Facebook account that went viralÃâà...
The Independent
February 13, 2018
“I stop the car and ask the officer if she is there over a T-shirt," he said. "She affirms this to be true and asks my name which I respectfully decline to give; she starts in on the shirt - whereupon I cite Cohen v California, 1971, in which the Supreme Court upheld the right to wear a T-shirt saying: 'F*** the draft.
Dallas News (blog)
February 12, 2018
... pointed out to the Richardson police officer called to the scene of what turned out to be a brief political debate at a breakfast restaurant, wearing the word-that-rhymes-with-"duck" on your shirtfront is protected free speech as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1971 decision in Cohen v. California.
Minnesota Public Radio News (blog)
September 13, 2017
The court worries that the disorderly conduct statute criminalizes wearing a jacket with an offensive description, which is protected under Cohen v. California. But this, too, would be outside the reach of the statute as narrowly construed because, as the Supreme Court of the United States concluded, Cohen'sÃâà...
Texas State University
December 31, 1999
Other significant cases Marshall sided on include Cohen v. California, where he sided with the majority opinion the government cannot restrict the use of the word “fuck” on the basis of the word alone, and Miller v. California, where he dissented against the Court's opinion obscene language must haveÃâà...
