Word: restrictions
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Such a loose standard is both dangerous and misleading. It is dangerous because it opens the door for states to restrict almost any kind of speech on flimsy theories of cause and effect. Nude dancing at a strip bar and nude dancing at the ballet are two entirely different kinds of speech. Yet the city's ordinance allows the government to ban both in the name of fighting crime. The court's decision, wrote Justice David H. Souter '61, ignores that evidence of negative effects "must be a demonstrated fact, not speculative supposition...
MicroStrategy's pain extended beyond its stock-market valuation. The firm canceled a planned $1 billion new-stock offering. That will at least temporarily restrict the company's access to capital, not to mention Saylor's. He had planned to sell shares worth hundreds of millions as part of the offering. Although the stock recovered more than a third of its losses as of last Friday's close, he's now down to his last $5 billion...
...attract unwanted police attention. Other parents have given an emphatic thumbs-down to cell phones. Why? A police officer might mistake it for a weapon in the hands of a young African-American male, just as the cops say they mistook Diallo's wallet for a gun. Other parents restrict their kids' clothing. New York City police detective Clifton Hollingsworth won't let his sons wear hip street fashions. No backward baseball caps or pants drooping down below their waist, because such clothing can send the wrong signals to police. "It's important that families do as much as they...
...think your choice of religion should restrict you choice of career," Goldstein said. "It's just so important...
...measure would restrict when, where and with whom teens can drive--all of which are known to affect accident rates. For the first six months that they hold an intermediate license, Washington teens wouldn't be able to drive in the risky hours between midnight and 5 a.m. unless the trip was necessary for school or work. And they couldn't have any passengers under age 21 except for family members. If they made it to the six-month mark with no moving traffic violations, they could drive anytime with up to three passengers, "so they can double date," Eide...