Snyder v. Phelps: Is Offensive Speech Protected?


 October 5, 2010 Bookmark and Share
The Supreme Court case Snyder v. Phelps involves speech from one private party that offends another private party. Are there grounds for government intervention? Two legal scholars debate the issue.
Jeffrey Shulman Joel Kleinman
Georgetown Law Center Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Jeffrey Shulman is Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing at Georgetown Law Center. Joel Kleinman is a partner at Dickstein Shapiro LLP. He authored the ACLU’s amicus brief in Snyder v. Phelps.
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