U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Mental State Required for “True Threat” First Amendment Exception
In Counterman v. Colorado, 143 S.Ct. 2106, 2113–14, 600 U.S. 66 (U.S. 2023), the U.S. Supreme Court discussed the “true threat” exception to First Amendment free speech protection – specifically, the mental state that the state must demonstrate that the defendant had. The Court summarized the black-letter law as follows: From 1791 to the present,”…
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