Should threatening speech be protected on Facebook?

... objective person perceives the message. For more than four decades, the Supreme Court has said that "true threats" to harm another person are not protected speech under the First Amendment. But the court has been careful to distinguish threats from protected speech such as "political hyperbole" or "unpleasantly sharp attacks ...

Supreme Court considers extent of free speech over Internet

... objective person perceives the message. For more than four decades, the Supreme Court has said that "true threats" to harm another person are not protected speech under the First Amendment. But the court has been careful to distinguish threats from protected speech such as "political hyperbole" or "unpleasantly sharp attacks ...

Watch Obama's full immigration speech

At 8 p.m. EST, President Barack Obama will lay out his plan for "Immigration Accountability Executive Actions." Below are excerpts the White House released from that speech, which you can watch on our website.

Five things to watch in Obama's immigration speech

... to go it alone. But who will tune in? Univision is delaying the start of the Latin Grammy Awards to carry the president's brief speech live at 8 p.m. EST. But ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox networks won't be airing the address. Obama will be competing with ...

Free speech, and what came after

... a police car, stayed there for 32 hours as crowds built up and kept the car from moving. That was the beginning of the Free Speech Movement (FSM). Here’s the way Weinberg, now a global environmental consultant, back on campus for the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement ...

Speeches of U.N. General Assembly 2014 focus on terrorism, Ebola fight

Heads of state from more than 120 countries met Sept. 24-30 at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City to discuss climate change, the needs of Syrian refugees and the unprecedented spread of the Ebola virus. You can view some of the highlights in this blog.

Shields and Brooks on the president's speech

's the... GWEN IFILL: But how different the challenge than it was last year? GWEN IFILL: When the president gave the speech last year, he was talking about a different enemy in the same place. MARK SHIELDS: That's exactly right. JUDY WOODRUFF: Right. GWEN IFILL: And now he ...

Full speech: Obama's plan to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria

What you need to know about the Islamic State group ahead of speech

Updated: Watch President Barack Obama's Sept. 10 speech on the Islamic State militant group. A year ago, President Barack Obama spoke to PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill about convincing the American people and Congress that airstrikes in Syria might be necessary to stop the regime from using chemical ...

Watch Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic stump speeches

... Fancy Farm, Ky. PBS local station KET brings us a live look at today's main events at the 134th Fancy Farm gathering, including stump speeches by Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his challenger, Democrat Alison Grimes. KET's Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw will provide pre- and ...