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Unprotected Speech

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Some categories of speech receive no First Amendment protection, including incitement to imminent lawless action, true threats, obscenity, and defamation.

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A speech urging an immediate riot can be punished; a speech urging a policy cannot.

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The categories are narrow and court-defined — "offensive" is not one of them.

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