Introduction to the Commentaries on Snyder v. Phelps: The Problems and Promises of Protecting Abhorrent Speech.

Autor: Balter-Reitz, Susan
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Zdroj: Free Speech Yearbook; 2012, Vol. 46, p1-2, 2p
Abstrakt: The article discusses the court case Snyder v. Phelps in which Albert Sndyer, father of a deceased Marine, who was subjected to having his son's funeral picketed and also to a vicious online attack. The Westboro Baptist Church has repeatedly gained media attention by picketing at funerals including nearly 600 military burials. It also informs that a court was unable to consider the legality of these statutes because Maryland did not have such a law in place when the Westboro Baptists picketed at the funeral.
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