Andres Dominguez, Jr. v. the State of Texas

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• recognizing that the threat of criminal prosecution creates the potential for a serious chill upon First Amendment rights
• holding that the threat of sanctions may deter the exercise of First Amendment rights almost as potently as the actual application of sanctions
• concluding that the \sensitive nature of constitutionally protected expression\ permits the courts to determine the validity of statutes regulating speech without regard to the law's application in a particular case
• recognizing that the threat of criminal prosecution creates the potential for a serious chill upon First Amendment rights
• holding that civil rights workers entitled to an injunction against prosecutions under a state law broadly regulating speech
• concluding that irreparable injury was shown when statutes were threatened to be enforced in a racially discriminatory manner and to harass Black citizens

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