Legal Opinion
Walter Hoye, Ii v. City of Oakland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 2011No. 09-16753PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Throughout our nation’s history, Americans have counted on the First Amendment to protect their right to ask their fellow citizens to change their mind. Abolitionists, suffragists, socialists, pacifists, union members, war protestors, religious believers, civil rights campaigners, anti-tax activists, and countless others have appealed to the principle, enshrined within the First Amendment, that in a democracy such as ours, public debate must be robust and free and that, for it to be so, the Constitution’s protection of the freedom of speech must extend to the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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