freedom of speech

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von freedom of speech im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: konuşma özgürlüğü

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von freedom of speech im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The right to speak, or otherwise communicate, one's opinion without fear of harm or prosecution; right to speak without censorship or restraint by the government; Right, as stated in the 1st and 14th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content. A modern legal test of the legitimacy of proposed restrictions on freedom of speech was stated in the opinion by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in Schenk v. U.S. (1919): a restriction is legitimate only if the speech in question poses a "clear and present danger" i.e., a risk or threat to safety or to other public interests that is serious and imminent. Many cases involving freedom of speech and of the press also have concerned defamation, obscenity, and prior restraint (see Pentagon Papers). See also censorship; a civil right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution