We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that emotive function which, practically speaking, may often be the more important element of the overall message sought to be communicated.


American Constitutional Law: Essays and Cases (ed. Harcourt College Pub, 1988)

John Marshall Harlan II Quotes

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that...

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that...

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that...

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that...