Sunday, March 02, 2008

More for "F" Week

from the blog
The Party of the First Part
Word of the Week

By Adam Freedman

Fighting Words Doctrine

The First Amendment doctrine that holds that certain utterances are not constitutionally protected as free speech if they are "inherently likely to provoke a violent response from the audience" (Black's). Besides which, it's horrible manners.

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