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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legal case
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gptkbp:citedBy
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journalists
media organizations
legal scholars
political commentators
law reviews
subsequent court cases
constitutional law textbooks
free speech activists
First_Amendment_advocates
First_Amendment_litigation_cases
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gptkbp:court
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
protected offensive speech
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
February 24, 1988
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Flynt v. Falwell
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gptkbp:impact
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satire
freedom of speech
media rights
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gptkbp:involves
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gptkb:Larry_Flynt
gptkb:Jerry_Falwell
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gptkbp:judges
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none
unanimous decision
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
influenced future cases on free speech
First_Amendment_rights
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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485 U.S. 46
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gptkbp:outcome
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ruled_in_favor_of_Flynt
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
Justice Harry Blackmun
Justice Clarence Thomas
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gptkbp:precedent
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parody as protected speech
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gptkbp:relatedPatent
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gptkb:Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell
gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Hustler_Magazine
public figures
libel law
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gptkbp:significance
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established precedent for parody in political discourse
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