Mark Wooden sent an email to an alder women for the city of St. Louis. Attached was a nineteen minute audio file that compared her to the biblical character Jezebel. The audio said she was a \" bitch in the Sixth Ward,\" spending too much time with the rich and powerful and too little time with the poor. In a menacing, maniacal tone, Wooden said that he was \" dusting off a sawed- off shotgun,\" called himself a \" domestic terrorist,\" and referred to the assassination of President John Kennedy, the muder of federal judge John Roll, and the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Feeling threatened, the alder women called the police. Wooden was convicted of harassment under a state criminal statute. Was this conviction unconstitutional under the First Amendment? Why?
Solution
The conviction against Wooden was not unconstitutional because passing false remarks against any citizen is against the laws. It is considered as harassment under state criminal statute. It s defined in first ammendment of law. The threatnin g email forwarded by Wooden to an elder lady is unethical and against the law. The act of threatning made the elder women complaint to the police against Wooden.
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1. Mark Wooden sent an email to an alder women for the city of St. Louis. Attached was a nineteen
minute audio file that compared her to the biblical character Jezebel. The audio said she was a "
bitch in the Sixth Ward," spending too much time with the rich and powerful and too little time
with the poor. In a menacing, maniacal tone, Wooden said that he was " dusting off a sawed- off
shotgun," called himself a " domestic terrorist," and referred to the assassination of President
John Kennedy, the muder of federal judge John Roll, and the shooting of Representative
Gabrielle Giffords. Feeling threatened, the alder women called the police. Wooden was
convicted of harassment under a state criminal statute. Was this conviction unconstitutional
under the First Amendment? Why?
Solution
The conviction against Wooden was not unconstitutional because passing false remarks against
any citizen is against the laws. It is considered as harassment under state criminal statute. It s
defined in first ammendment of law. The threatnin g email forwarded by Wooden to an elder
lady is unethical and against the law. The act of threatning made the elder women complaint to
the police against Wooden.
