 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1952 - 502 pages
...include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or "fighting" words—those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. In our opinion, the Supreme Court has by these words given Government—State and Federal—its standard;... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1952 - 510 pages
...include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or "fighting" words—those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. In our opinion, the Supreme Court has by these words given Government—State and Federal—its standard;... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1952 - 514 pages
...include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the llbelous, and the insulting or "fighting" words—those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. In our opinion, the Supreme Court has by these words given Government—State and Federal—its standard... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1956 - 430 pages
...include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or "fighting" words—those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. It has been well observed that such are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1956 - 430 pages
...include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or "fighting" words—those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. It has been well observed that such are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1957 - 834 pages
...include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or 'fighting' words—those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and... | |
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The freedom verbally to challenge police action is not without limits, of course; we have recognized that "fighting words" which "by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace" are not constitutionally protected.... 
