Viewpoint discrimination explained

Viewpoint discrimination is a concept in United States jurisprudence related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. If a speech act is treated differently by a government entity based on the viewpoint it expresses, this is considered viewpoint discrimination.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

See also

• Political bias
• Political repression
• Political violence

Further reading

• Heins . Marjorie . Viewpoint Discrimination . UC Law Constitutional Quarterly . 1996 . 24 . 1 . 99 .
• Bloom . Lackland H. . The Rise of the Viewpoint-Discrimination Principle . SMU Law Review Forum . September 2019 . 72 . 1 . 20–40 . 10.25172/slrf.72.1.3 . free .

Notes and References

1. Bloom . Lackland H. . The Rise of the Viewpoint-Discrimination Principle . SMU Law Review Forum . September 2019 . 72 . 1 . 20–40 . 10.25172/slrf.72.1.3 . free .
2. Kelso . R. Randall . Clarifying Viewpoint Discrimination in Free Speech Doctrine . Indiana Law Review . 17 December 2019 . 52 . 3 . 355–430 . 10.18060/23837 . 3360691 . free .
3. News: Ferrucci . David N. . 'Giving Offense is a Viewpoint': Supreme Court Holds It Is Viewpoint Discrimination To Deny Trademark Protection For Allegedly Offensive Marks . National Law Review . 26 June 2017 .
4. Web site: Viewpoint Discrimination . The Free Speech Center .
5. Web site: Viewpoint Discrimination in Free Speech Cases . Civil Liberties and Civil Rights in the United States . 15 August 2020 . en.
6. Boggs . Danny . A Differing View on Viewpoint Discrimination . University of Chicago Legal Forum . 7 December 2015 . 1993 . 1 .
7. Post . Robert . Viewpoint Discrimination and Commercial Speech . Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review . September 2007 . 41 . 1 . 169–180 . . 20.500.13051/4154 . free .
8. Douglas . Maura . Finding Viewpoint Neutrality in Our Constitutional Constellation . University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law . 2018 . 20 . 3 . 727 .