Constitutional Law
Jun. 20, 2002
Targeting Speech
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky Although the First Amendment provides broad protection for the right to express ideas, it does not safeguard threats. There is no constitutional protection for threatening another person and causing the individual to fear for his or her safety.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Although the First Amendment provides broad protection for the right to express ideas, it does not safeguard threats. There is no constitutional protection for threate...
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