Illegal construction is rampant.
The Times rightly forbids the expressions "illegals" and "illegal aliens".
By making such expressions illegal — adding a new category of speech to the very few that are entirely unprotected under the First Amendment — the law raised profound constitutional questions about whether and when the government can decide that some sorts of information have no social value at all.
Lively, pregnant lettering is among the characteristics of this clandestine, often illegal mode of expression, but the title is also a play on the fact that all of the artists hail from New England, even though Nick Z and Mister Never recently relocated to New York.
The United States recognizes some limits on free expression – slander, perjury, "fighting words" and certain other forms of expression are illegal online or off – but its commitment to free speech is nevertheless the most absolute of any major country.
So far this operation has not sparked even a lawyer's angry voice mail, said Carrie McLaren, curator of the exhibition, "Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age," where the potentially inflammatory CD is available free, and of its Web site, illegal-art.org.org
Finally, because this kind of expression is illegal under current copyright laws, we have simply criminalized an enormous segment of the population.
Skateboarding began as a spontaneous, quasi-illegal form of expression and athletic discipline, a way (one among many) for young men to thumb their noses at authority, find like-minded friends and attract the attention of young women.
A European Union statement on the meeting gave a more detailed account of the steps to be taken to ease tensions: disarmament of illegal armed groups, rejection of expressions of extremism, the return of illegally seized buildings to the unspecified "legitimate owners," clearing of barricaded streets and amnesty for protesters who surrender their weapons and leave the occupied facilities.
If legislatures have the power to disapprove certain categories of unpopular speech, a lot of expression could become illegal.
