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Supreme Court upholds cross burning ban in Virginia case
The Supreme Court 6 to 3 upholds a Virginia law criminalizing cross burning as intimidation a ruling that cross fires are tools of racial terror outweighing First Amendment concerns Justice Sandra Day O Connor wrote for the majority Justice Clarence Thomas separately emphasized that hate cannot be used to terrorize and coerce The decision aligns with a history of cross burnings as intimidation in the Jim Crow era and signals potential expansion of anti cross burning laws nationwide
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