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US Supreme Court sides with man who sent female musician barrage of unwanted messages (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by socphoenix@midwest.social to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Neato@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Seems like the ruling was correct. Colorado's law seems too easy to convict.

Lawyers for the state responded that it was enough to look at the words in question, how they were conveyed and the response they elicited. The speaker’s subjective intent, they said, does not matter.

Threats have to have intent. I agree this case the defendant was likely guilty of making threats. But the SCOTUS was overturning the case on the grounds of the Colorado law. Not judging the defendant specifically. At least that's how the above poster's excerpts from Kagan's decision and the 2 dissents from Barrett and Thomas read.