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If hate speech is protected, don hate crime laws also violate the Constitutions protection of freedom of speech?

April 26, 2017Constitution crime Freedom hate Laws protected speech violate

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If hate speech is protected, don hate crime laws also violate the Constitutions protection of freedom of speech?

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The Supreme Court has consistently upheld criminal civil rights laws and hate crime laws that punish status based criminal acts or status based interference with particular civil rights. The Court has, however, invalidated criminal laws that seek to punish otherwise legal expression because it promotes bigotry or merely offends people.