Scenario: Mobile police arrested Bob Anders, 28, and charged him with issuing a true threat after he made an anti-Islam post on Facebook that included more than 200 names and local home addresses for what he called “Muslims and Muslim sympathizers.” In the post, Anders wrote, “Nobody wants your evil cult in this town. Every one of you are terrorists. I don’t care care what you have to say. I don’t care what you think. Get out of our town before something bad happens.”
Format: You must type the paper in Microsoft Word and submit it in either .doc or .docx format. As a student, you can download Microsoft Word for free.
Length: 400 to 600 words (0.75 to 1 single-spaced page) of actual content (excluding references and other formatting elements).
Sources: You must consult and cite a minimum of the 3 assigned cases for this assignment. You may also wish to consult and cite your textbook, lecture notes, or other library-quality sources.
Questions: In this assignment, you will determine whether the Court would view Anders’ speech as a true threat. To this end:
1. discuss Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003) [full text] and define true threat,
2. discuss Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705 (1969) [full text] and consider the context of of the disputed speech in the Anders case,
3. discuss Planned Parenthood v. American Coalition of Life Activists, 290 F.3d 1058 (2002) [full text] and consider the history of the nature of the relationships at play in the Anders case, and
4. summarize your comparison of the Anders case to the above cases and determine whether Anders’ speech constitutes a true threat.
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