It's legal to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater in Virginia again!as long as you include some political or religious reference, or are offering pills that make your dick bigger. Oh, and wear a mask.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201211.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201211.html?hpid=topnews
Agee [wrote], "the right to engage in anonymous speech, particularly anonymous political or religious speech, is 'an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment," Agee wrote, citing a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court opinion.Except the statute in question wasn't speaking to "anonymous political or religious" speech. It was speaking to unsolicited bulk email.
The court noted that "were the 'Federalist Papers' just being published today via e-mail, that transmission by Publius would violate the [current Virginia] statute."Since the court has opened the door to the hypotheticals...it should now be perfectly legal for me to give my own version of the "Sermon on the Mount" (although mine will make many references to wheat, noodles, proper tomato handling, and the importance of garlic in any tomato-based sauce) at 3am, through a bullhorn, while standing on Agee's driveway. Furthermore, I can invoice Agee for the batteries I use while giving my sermon and he is obligated to pay them.