Historic Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Virginia v. Black

Oral arguments in the case, The Commonwealth of Virginia, petitioner v. Barry Black et al., argued December 11, 2002, and decided April 7, 2003. That case asked whether Virginia’s ban against cross burning violated the First Amendment. First Amendment Center affiliate scholar David Hudson joins us for details on both the pending and historic cases. The new Supreme Court term starts 0ctober 6, 2014, and among the key cases: Elonis v. United States, which seeks to clarify when it is a federal crime to make threatening statements, including messages or postings on social networking Web sites such as Facebook. close