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Virginia v. Black, No. 01-1107 (U.S. Supreme Court) (538 U.S. 343; 123 S.Ct. 1536) (April 7, 2003) (Justice O'Connor)

Loaded on March 1, 2003 published in Punch and Jurists March 17, 2003
Filed under: First Amendment, Punch And Jurists.

In this case, the Supreme Court addressed the emotionally-charged topic of cross burning - a tactic long used by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and one which Justice Thomas described as “unlike any symbol in our society” because, he wrote, its sole purpose is to send a message of fear ...

 

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