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1、LegalTheory,4(1998),39-61.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaCopyright©CambridgeUniversityPress1352-3252/98$9.50SPEECH,HARM,ANDTHEMIND-BODYPROBLEMINFIRSTAMENDMENTJURISPRUDENCESusanJ.BrisonInstituteForAdvancedStudyandDartmouthCollegeI."Sticksandstoneswillbr
2、eakmybones,"JusticeScaliapronouncedfromthebenchinoralargumentsinSchenckv.Pro-ChoiceNetwork,"butwordscanneverhurtme.That'stheFirstAmendment,"headded.JayAlanSekulow,thelaw-yerforthepetitioners,anti-abortionprotesterswhohadbeenenjoinedfrommovingcloserthanfi
3、fteenfeetawayfromthoseenteringanabortionfacility,wasobviouslypleasedbythischaracterizationoftherighttofreespeech,re-plying,"That'scertainlyourpositiononit,andthatisexactlycorrect...""Andyourpoint,"Scaliacontinued,"isthatthey'veneverusedsticksorstones."Se
4、kulow:"Nottheseclients."Scalia:"No."Amomentlater,however,oneofthejusticesinterjected,"Butifinfact,comingrightnexttoaperson,rightintheirface,screamingatthemandsoforth,doesphysicallyhurtthem,thenit'slikeastickorstone,"towhichSekulowassented."And,"JusticeBr
5、eyeradded,"ifpressingaroundthemandsoforthhurtsthemasthey'regoingintoamedicalprocedure,thenit'slikeastickorstone,"whichSekulowalsoconceded,addingthathisclientswerenotchallengingtheinjunctionagainst1crowding.Thisarticlewasfirstpresentedasaninvitedlectureat
6、theDecember1996meetingoftheEasternDivisionoftheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociationinAtlanta.AcommentaryonthetalkwaspresentedbyFrederickSchauer,towhomIamindebtedformanyhelpfulsuggestions.IwouldalsoliketothankAnnBumpus,MargotUvesey,andThomasTrezise,whogavemei
7、nsightfulcommentsonearlierdrafts.1.PaulSchenckandDwightSaunders,Petitionersv.Pro-ChoiceNetworkofWesternNewYork,etal.No.95-1065.UnitedStatesSupremeCourtOfficialTranscriptWednesday,October16,1996.1996LW608239(U.S.OralArg.),at23.AlthoughitisthepolicyoftheSu
8、premeCourtnottoidentifywhichjusticeposeswhichquestions,sincetheyareostensiblyposedbytheCourtasawhole,thecontextoftenmakesclearwhothequestioneris.And,whereitdoesnot,reporters,suchasNationalPublicRadio'sNinaTotenberg,sometim