Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Supreme Court and the First Amendment - again

It was interesting to note that the Supreme Court would rather pass over some digital First Amendment issues than address them in this session.
http://www.firstamendmentcoalition.org/2010/10/u-s-supreme-court-not-eager-to-take-on-technology-cases/
Perhaps they want more time to deliberate some of these concepts and problems in their own minds before making a statement that could turn the public's neck around. Perhaps they are awaiting more cases so they can lump several together to address what is free speech and what should be considered protected. The recent case of a student committing suicide after a sex tape of him was posted on the web certainly transgresses the freedom of expression threshold.
What will the Supreme Court hold to be free or protected speech?

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