U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 27, 2010
Free Speech Remains Free, No Matter How Unpopular the Message
While lies and despicable speech may be offensive, it's these unpopular messages that most require constitutional protection.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
In 2007, for some reason best known to himself, Gabriel Alvarez, a member of the Three Valleys Water Board (a public agency located in Claremont) told a joint meeting of that board and another board that he was a wounded marine veteran and had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
None of the statements were true. Alvarez had never been in any branch of the military. He had an apparent habit of detailed fabrications, including a fictional career as a member of the Detroit...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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