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- Title
United States v. Elonis: Changing the Intent Requirement of Federal Threatening Communication Violations.
- Authors
Hayes, Brian D.
- Abstract
The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case regarding threatening communications via social media known as United States v. Elonis, particularly concerning the Court's rejection of the objective, reasonable person standard used in most U.S. federal circuit courts. It also examines the impact on two appeals in the U.S. Sixth and Eleventh Circuits following the Supreme Court's decision.
- Subjects
ELONIS v. United States; SOCIAL media laws; THREATS (Law); UNITED States. Supreme Court; REASONABLE person standard (Law); UNITED States. Court of Appeals (6th Circuit); UNITED States. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit)
- Publication
American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 2016, Vol 39, Issue 3, p635
- ISSN
0160-0281
- Publication type
Article