First of all, there are 9 justices in the US Supreme Court, they are not independent of each other, they are the same level as President Biden, because the executive branch (president), judicial branch (Supreme Court) and legislative branch (Congress) of the US federal government are equal.
Before 8 a.m. today, the text about the "Classic Case of the Nixon Era of Rats" was sent to today's headlines and top platforms, because I went out and did not have time to give the ruling result of this classic precedent, so this article came for promise (the title has given the result). To add, this classic precedent is reproduced from the book "Hidden Rivers and Lakes: The Inside Story of the Trial of Important Cases of the US Supreme Court" (hereinafter referred to as "Hidden Rivers and Lakes").
Interestingly, when the excerpt was published on the Toutiao platform this morning, the platform said at the artificial intelligence review stage, the 4 words "fuck it" are swear words and are recommended to be deleted. Returning to the "Hidden Quacks" follow-up to the above case, I see Justice Harlan's wonderful discussion of "fucking": Traditionally, the Supreme Court held that swear words such as "fuck it" had no social value, and suddenly changed to show that the word has value, "If the slogan itself is protected, there must be a basis for the word separate protection." The person who expresses his political views should be able to choose from his own dictionary. What is vulgar to one person may be a lyric poem for another. ”
Today's headline artificial intelligence review results
"Fuck it", after the American justices said this, it has the smell of "lyric", isn't it very special? Of course, Justice Harlan's exposition and analysis actually means that everyone in this world has his own dictionary, and every word, every word, and every time in the dictionary has its own different color and taste. Thinking about us when we were young and frivolous, it seems that this is indeed the case.
Apparently, Chief Justice Berg was dissatisfied with Harlan's analysis, and he never expected Harlan to praise such profanity. Justice Blackman held that the "fuck conscription" printed on the jacket was primarily an act rather than a speech, so it should not fall under the category of the First Amendment "protection of free speech" in the U.S. Constitution; Justice Black was originally in favor of overturning the lower court's decision, but changed his position because he couldn't stand the dirty words. In the end, nine justices overturned the lower court's decision by a 5-4 ruling, finding that "fuck it" falls under the free speech category protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Interestingly, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced the final verdict in this case on June 7, 1970, the opposing Chief Justice Berg, Black, and others were very nervous, fearing that Justice Buren would pronounce the words "fuck it" (the core of the case, the key facts in the key of the case) in the judgment. Justice Buren, who was mindful of the verdict, "occasionally glanced unnoticeably at Chief Justice Berg to see if he was still listening intently," as opposed to the book, where the Chief Justice sat stiffly, waiting for the offending word "fuck it" to appear.
Justice Harlan paused for a moment, continued to read the verdict, and glanced at Chief Justice Berg again before continuing. In the end, he did not use that word the whole time, and read it out.
At this point, to be honest, I also think that "fuck it" is a dirty word, which is definitely unspeakable in normal times. However, I also agree with Justice Harlan's statement that even if it is a dirty word, he has a special meaning in the dictionary of every free man, depending on the time, the matter, the place, and the person, such as the children who "let it go, everything is possible", when they come out with this "fuck it" without malice, their vitality and youthful frivolity may inadvertently be just right.
What about us who are aging? Naturally thinking of the old man who died at the age of 99, I remembered the tearful book that I read that old man wrote for most of his life - in the book, when he wrote about the death of an ordinary wife and brother, his words were "death"; And for the great man who wrote about "death" all over the world, his words in the book are "dead". "Dead" may be a neutral word, but in the context of greatness and death, he expresses an emotion that may be summed up by one of his words, "I return, I suffer, I survive." ”
When the swear word "fuck" has the meaning of other countries' constitutional lyrics, and the neutral word "dead" conveys a different background flavor in the characters of time and place, we should probably leave a little more room for color in everyone's dictionary.