In a case that implicates free speech, fighting words and the coarsening of public discourse, state prosecutors are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a 25-day jail term on a Rockville woman convicted of upsetting public order by flinging disgustingly vile insults at a grocery store manager....
State Asks U.s. Supreme Court To Take Case Involving Abusive Language
Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 2:10pm
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