Nuking the Independent Legislature Doctrine
Advisory Opinions
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Kagan's Seven, Two Decision
In Colorado, you can convict someone for True Threats unprotected speech based on an objective observer's belief. Countermen was convicted under that objective standard. He argued that this infringed on his First Amendment rights. It gets all the way to the Supreme Court and Kagan writes a seven-two decision.
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