7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Packingham v. North Carolina.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Packingham v. North Carolina Anchor | green | “a fundamental principle of the first amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen, and then, after reflection, speak and listen once more.” | 4 |
| 2 | United States v. Bagdasarian | green | “because the true threat requirement is imposed by the constitution, the . . . test set forth in black must be read into all threat statutes that criminalize pure speech.” | 3 |
| 3 | United States v. Bagdasarian | green | “conviction under can be upheld only if both the objective and subjective requirements are met, . . . and our resolution of either issue may serve as an alternate holding.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Keith Dwayne Gilbert | green | “the government bears the ultimate burden of proving that actions were taken with the requisite intent to place them into category .” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Michael Francis | green | “although the statute does not mention intent or willfulness, intent is of course an element of the crime.” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. Turner | green | “the evidence at trial was more than sufficient to permit a reasonable jury to find - 43 - state v. taylor opinion of the court each of the elements of -including the requirement of a true threat-beyond a reasonable doubt” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. McIntier | green | “the critical inquiry is 'whether the statements, viewed in the context in which they were spoken or written, constitute a "true threat” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.