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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-497 T. E. L., a Minor v. Florida Florida 2021-10-04 Granted Relisted (2) criminal-statute due-process elonis-v-united-states first-amendment free-speech intent-requirement speech-protection supreme-court-precedent virginia-v-black watts-v-united-states Whether Florida Statute § 790.162 violates the First Amendment
20-824 Edward F. Taupier v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-12-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-protection intent intent-standard reckless-speech recklessness true-threats virginia-v-black Whether the First Amendment prohibits a State from criminalizing threats to commit violence communicated in reckless disregard of the risk of placing …
20-5597 Rory Swenson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law first-amendment free-speech intent intent-standard listener-perception speech-protection true-threat true-threats virginia-v-black Whether speech that does not contain any expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence may be criminalized as a 'true threat' unprotec…
20-264 Stephen S. Bona v. Illinois Illinois 2020-09-02 Denied criminal-threat elonis-v-united-states first-amendment free-speech intent-to-harm political-speech true-threat virginia-v-black Whether the First Amendment allows a state to criminalize a knowing threat of violence directed against a political official without a showing of an i…