“It is one thing to say that the police cannot be used as an instrument for the suppression of unpopular views, and another to say that when a speaker passes the bounds of argument or persuasion and undertakes incitement to riot, they are powerless to prevent a breach of the peace.”

Frederick Moore Vinson

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About Frederick Moore Vinson

Jurist American

Frederick Moore Vinson was an American politician and jurist who served as the 13th Chief Justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court by President Harry S....

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