The prospect of crime, however, by itself does not justify laws suppressing protected speech.

But they are certain that the viruses they write count as protected speech.

The law was found to be unconstitutional because it would hinder protected speech among adults.

Anyway, all sorts of protected speech have bad effects.

But art, it turns out, isn't necessarily considered protected speech.

Police had difficulty determining whether the demonstration met the guidelines of protected free speech.

"Those are both forms of protected speech," he said.

"So long as the threat is limited to political retaliation," he said, "it's protected speech."

It makes protected speech illegal with the idea that it will prevent crime.

The court decided that because these employees were workers for the state, their study was not a form of protected speech.