Under the Supreme Court's decision in Chaplinsky v.New Hampshire,government may punish fighting words when speech

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The Supreme Court's decision in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire held that government may punish fighting words when speech is directed at an individual and prompts immediate violence or inflicts emotional harm. This means that the speech must be likely to cause a violent reaction or result in emotional harm to a particular individual, rather than simply inflaming and angering individuals in general. Therefore, choices A and B are incorrect. Choice D refers to hate speech, which is not specific to the Chaplinsky decision.

Under the Supreme Court's Decision in Chaplinsky V