By: WND Staff
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving just exactly what constitutes a "threat" on social media.
But the legal experts at the Rutherford Institute have warned that the wrong result could give the government virtually unlimited power to criminalize political speech.
The case at hand comes out of Colorado, which in recent years has been scolded by the high court for its antipathy for the Christian faith.
According to Rutherford, the case is Counterman v. Colorado, through which, its lawyers argue, permission could be given for "the government to use overly broad stalking laws to treat expressive activities on social media as true threats, which are not protected by the First Amendment, without having to prove that the message are both reasonably understood and intended to threaten an illegal act."
https://www.wnd.com/2023/01/court-reviewing-just-constitutes-threat-social-media/