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Feiner v. New York: The First Amendment permits the government to take action against speech when there is a clear and present danger that it will cause a disturbance of the peace.
In 1949, Irving Feiner, a white student at Syracuse University, made an inflammatory speech on a street corner in Syracuse, New York. In urging his racially mixed audience to fight for equal rights, Feiner made several disparaging remarks about local politicians, organizations, and President Truman. Two officers on the scene, fearing violence ...
United States Supreme Court. FEINER v. NEW YORK (1951) No. 93. Argued: October 17, 1950 Decided: January 15, 1951. Petitioner made an inflammatory speech to a mixed crowd of 75 or 80 Negroes and white people on a city street.
1. Petitioner was convicted of the offense of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor under the New York penal laws, in the Court of Special Sessions of the City of Syracuse and was sentenced to thirty days in the county penitentiary.
The Petitioner, Feiner (Petitioner), was convicted of disorderly conduct for refusing to stop giving a speech on a public sidewalk once the crowd started to get a little rowdy. Synopsis of Rule of Law.
Mr. Justice BLACK, dissenting. The record before us convinces me that petitioner, a young college student, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for the unpopular views he expressed [1] on matters of public interest while lawfully making a street-corner speech in Syracuse, New York. [2] Today’s decision, however, indicates that we must blind ...
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Feiner v. New York (1951) addressed the issue of whether speech that incites a “breach of the peace” constitutes a categorical exception to the First Amendment.
