United States v. Kelly Isley

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• sustaining conviction of member of Communist Labor Party, which had adopted resolution advocating violent revolution even though defendant had presented a resolution advocating peaceful means
• sustaining conviction of member of Communist Labor Party, which had adopted resolution advocating violent revolution even though defendant had presented a resolution advocating peaceful means
• “although the rights of free speech and assembly are fundamental, they are not in their nature absolute”
• “[T]he First Amendment permits content discrimination based on the very reasons why the particular class of speech at issue is proscribable.”
• “[T]he First Amendment permits content discrimination based on the very reasons why the particular class of speech at issue is proscribable.”
• “[W]here a statute is valid only in case certain conditions exist, the enactment of the statute cannot alone establish the facts which are essential to its validity.” (Brandéis, J., concurring)

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