Jesse Choper Comments on Hate Letter that Frightened Humboldt Faculty Member

Contra Costa Times, September 29, 2009 by Allison White
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13443210

Jesse Choper said the letter constitutes hate speech, which is constitutionally protected. “If you could find out who sent the letter, then it becomes a matter of freedom of speech,” he said. However, that would not apply if the letter had been threatening. “If it had said, ‘If you stay on the job, you’ll suffer,’ that’s not protected,” he said.