Speech can only be punished if all three are true:
1. Intent – The speaker intends to incite or produce lawless action
2. Imminence – The action is expected to happen immediately
3. Likelihood – The speech is likely to actually cause that action
If any of these are missing, the speech is protected.
Bomb threats are like pulling the fire alarm when there's no fire. They get you with of the cost to deploy for no reason. The what if factor of who the fake fire alarm prevented from receiving needed assistance.
No. I saw how they charge for fake fire alarms in high school before 9/11. It was a class ahead of mine's senior prank. They did a good job pissing off the teachers! Some of the teachers even got in trouble for telling students not to leave when the alarm kept going off.
No one was charged, but they tried to come up with a list of charges that weren't pulling the fire alarm. It had a list of charges that were because of what happened when the fire alarm was pulled.
The Brandenburg Test (core rule)
Speech can only be punished if all three are true: 1. Intent – The speaker intends to incite or produce lawless action 2. Imminence – The action is expected to happen immediately 3. Likelihood – The speech is likely to actually cause that action
If any of these are missing, the speech is protected.
Bomb threats are like pulling the fire alarm when there's no fire. They get you with of the cost to deploy for no reason. The what if factor of who the fake fire alarm prevented from receiving needed assistance.
That’s because 9/11. A certain country was very happy about that.
No. I saw how they charge for fake fire alarms in high school before 9/11. It was a class ahead of mine's senior prank. They did a good job pissing off the teachers! Some of the teachers even got in trouble for telling students not to leave when the alarm kept going off.
No one was charged, but they tried to come up with a list of charges that weren't pulling the fire alarm. It had a list of charges that were because of what happened when the fire alarm was pulled.