The Freedom of Speech
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The Court's Decision in the Case of Carmen v. Colorado
A man was convicted of stalking a local musician in Colorado. He countermen the stalker says, I have a first amendment right to say what I did. And so he's offering this new principle of saying until you can show that I meant to cause her harm, then it's the difference between protected free speech and stalking. But not only did the court take up this case, which it arguably shouldn't have,. It should have just let the conviction stand. The fact that it took it up says maybe they think he's right.
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