• Jax@sh.itjust.works
      51·
      19 days ago

      Watts v United States established that you can literally threaten to kill the president and it’s protected by free speech.

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          19 days ago

          The determination is made whether or not the threat can be proven to be true.

          If I say I’m going to kill the president and it’s proven that 1) I’ve taken no actual steps toward a plan and 2) I don’t have the means to do so anyway - the threat is considered ‘untrue’.