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Related: About this forumAuthor of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say
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Since Trump is firing as many smart AUSAs as he can, it's kind for the criminals to commit crimes that even Trumpist dipshits can prove
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/defendant-charged-threatening-murder-federal-judge
Defendant Charged with Threatening to Murder a Federal Judge
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Nate Raymond
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A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/author-how-kill-federal-judge-manifesto-arrested-us-prosecutors-say-2025-09-09/
Author of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge," U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Since Trump is firing as many smart AUSAs as he can, it's kind for the criminals to commit crimes that even Trumpist dipshits can prove
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/defendant-charged-threatening-murder-federal-judge
Defendant Charged with Threatening to Murder a Federal Judge
www.justice.gov
Nate Raymond
@nateraymond.bsky.social
· 14h
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/author-how-kill-federal-judge-manifesto-arrested-us-prosecutors-say-2025-09-09/
Author of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge," U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Since Trump is firing as many smart AUSAs as he can, it's kind for the criminals to commit crimes that even Trumpist dipshits can prove
— Stand With Chicago Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) 2025-09-09T23:34:00.094Z
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Nate Raymond
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A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/author-how-kill-federal-judge-manifesto-arrested-us-prosecutors-say-2025-09-09/
Author of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge," U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/author-how-kill-federal-judge-manifesto-arrested-us-prosecutors-say-2025-09-09/
Author of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled How to Kill a Federal Judge," U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled âHow to Kill a Federal Judge." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
— Nate Raymond (@nateraymond.bsky.social) 2025-09-09T23:14:37.949Z
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Author of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say (Original Post)
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cbabe
(5,522 posts)1. Free speech.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,627 posts)3. has limits
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action". Specifically, the Court struck down Ohio's criminal syndicalism statute, because that statute broadly prohibited the mere advocacy of violence. In the process, Whitney v. California (1927)[4] was explicitly overruled, and Schenck v. United States (1919),[5] Abrams v. United States (1919),[6] Gitlow v. New York (1925),[7] and Dennis v. United States (1951)[8] were overturned.
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Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action". Specifically, the Court struck down Ohio's criminal syndicalism statute, because that statute broadly prohibited the mere advocacy of violence. In the process, Whitney v. California (1927)[4] was explicitly overruled, and Schenck v. United States (1919),[5] Abrams v. United States (1919),[6] Gitlow v. New York (1925),[7] and Dennis v. United States (1951)[8] were overturned.
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