Snyder v. Phelps: Victory for Free Speech with a Note of Concern
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The Supreme Court's decision March 2 that a military funeral protest by Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church is protected by the First Amendment is a free speech victory, but "there is one note of concern for free speech advocates, which is the opinion's toleration of 'free speech zone' theory," says Neil Richards, JD, constitutional law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis.