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by opo 2018 days ago
>...Also, I hope Biden restructures the Supreme Court and they overturn Brandenburg v. Ohio, paving the way for criminalizing hate speech in America so law enforcement can finally crack down on these groups.

There are many who would like to criminalize speech they don't like. What they don't realize is that the results likely wouldn't be what they were hoping for.

Brandenburg overturned cases like U.S. v. Schenck which involved whether Schenck could be convicted under the Espionage Act for the crime of writing and distributing a pamphlet that expressed his opposition to the draft. That is the dangerous idea that sent a person to prison.