Sentence examples for engaging in speech from inspiring English sources

Ah, one might object, but buying campaign advertising is not the same as engaging in speech.

The Justices stressed that they took the case "on the proposition that he wasn't engaging in speech at all," as Chief Justice John Roberts put it.

The women were charged with engaging in speech that was offensive and hateful for a post that many experts say was neither.

Speakers, unclear on where the lines are, and fearing sanctions, have a strong incentive to avoid engaging in speech that is legally protected.

Instead, the officers said they believed that he was guilty of engaging in speech likely to cause hostility to a sitting president, a charge the opposition denied.

But by the next day, Ms. Dhada and Ms. Srinivasan had been arrested and charged with engaging in speech that was offensive and hateful — for a post that many experts say was neither.

"The baker is engaged in speech, but the chef is not engaged in speech?" Kagan's point was obvious and difficult to refute.

This Court stated that "to deny an exemption to claimants who engage in speech is in effect to penalize them for the same speech". Id., at 518, 78 S.Ct., at 1338.

As counsel for groups engaged in speech protected by the First Amendment, I found not only that these rights were routinely violated but that lawyers defending constitutional liberties were themselves targets and had their names widely circulated in F.B.I. documents.

The justices struck down a St. Paul ordinance making it a crime to engage in speech or behavior likely to arouse "anger or alarm" on the basis of "race, color, creed, religion or gender".

Free speech is a complex area legally, but it's important to recognize that there are distinctions between one's ability to express an opinion versus one's ability to use F.C.C.-regulated airwaves to do so, and also one's ability to engage in speech versus one's ability to engage in slander.