Anthony Douglas Elonis, petitioner, v. United States, respondent : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit : amici curiae brief of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and rap music scholars (Professors Erik Nielson and Charis E. Kubrin) in support of petitioner /

The question presented by this case is whether there must be proof of defendant's subjective intent to threaten to justify a conviction under a statute criminalizing transmission of threats in interstate commerce. This amicus brief argues that "because artistic and political genres of expr...

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Main Author: Calvert, Clay (Law professor) (Author)
Corporate Authors: United States (Respondent), Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project (amicus curiae.), United States. Supreme Court, United States. Court of Appeals (Third Circuit)
Other Authors: Elonis, Anthony Douglas (petitioner.), Nielson, Erik, 1976- (amicus curiae.), Kubrin, Charis Elizabeth (amicus curiae.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cincinnati, OH ; Washington, D.C. : Becker Gallagher, [2014]
Series:Business and legal aspects of sports and entertainment.
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