Jane Doe v. Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges

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• holding that protected speech may not be abridged or censored short of “a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance, or unrest”
• holding that reversal of a conviction is required where “one part of the statute was unconstitutional and it could not be determined that the defendant was not convicted under that part”
• noting that \[a]s construed and applied [the provision] at least contains parts that are unconstitutional\ (emphasis added)
• noting that the defendant \maintained at all times that the ordinance as applied to his conduct violated his right of free speech ...\ (emphasis added)
• noting that “[a]s construed and applied [the provision] at least contains parts that are unconstitutional” (emphasis added)
• noting that the defendant “maintained at all times that the ordinance as applied to his conduct violated his right of free speech . . (emphasis added)

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