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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1971-02-22
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:403_U.S._15
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gptkbp:date
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1971-06-07
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Hugo_Black
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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299
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gptkbp:event
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gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Courthouse
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gptkbp:factsOfCase
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Paul Cohen was convicted for wearing a jacket bearing the words 'Fuck the Draft' in a courthouse.
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Paul_Robert_Cohen_v._California
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The First Amendment prohibits states from making the public display of a single expletive a criminal offense without a more specific and compelling reason.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Cohen v. California
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gptkbp:joinedBy
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gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
freedom of speech
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:Paul_Robert_Cohen
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gptkbp:predecessor
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First Amendment jurisprudence
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gptkbp:relatedConcept
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offensive speech
protected speech
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:State_of_California
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:1971_in_American_law
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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