Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the Challenge of Global Constitutional Law
By Daphne Barak-Erez and David Scharia – Click here to view the full text of the Article In the recent case of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a criminal prohibition on advocacy carried out in coordination with, or at the direction of, a foreign terrorist organization is constitutionally permissible: it is not tantamount to an unconstitutional infringement of freedom of speech. This Article aims to understand both the decision itself and its implications in the context of the global effort to define the limits of speech that aims to support or promote terrorism. […]