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United States v. O'Brien

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The Unconstitutional Purpose of a Law to Suppress Speech

The court's opinion revolves around the fact that this only incidentally impacts speech, right? Meaning, like I said, it's not targeting speech or expression outright. It's just targeting conduct that might sometimes be expressive, might sometimes be speech. The key component is that the law must further an important government interest. And that interest cannot be the suppression of free speech.

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