Not All Speech Is Treated Equally

question 28

Essay

Not all speech is treated equally. What forms of speech have received the highest levels of protection? Why have the Supreme Court justices developed two tiers of speech protection? Describe some of the types of speech that have received lower levels of constitutional protection than political speech. What recent controversies involve speech that does not receive absolute protection?

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