General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished
Free Speech General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished Eugene Volokh | 9.19.2026 8:01 AM An excerpt from a longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Griffin: Defendant was indicted on four counts of Interstate Transmission of Threatening Communication in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The counts were based on, and quoted, statements posted by Defendant on the social media platform Gab.
- ▪Free Speech General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished Eugene Volokh | 9.19.2026 8:01 AM An excerpt from a longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D.
- ▪Griffin: Defendant was indicted on four counts of Interstate Transmission of Threatening Communication in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c).
- ▪The counts were based on, and quoted, statements posted by Defendant on the social media platform Gab.
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Free Speech General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished Eugene Volokh | 9.19.2026 8:01 AM An excerpt from a longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Tex.) Monday in U.S. v. Griffin: Defendant was indicted on four counts of Interstate Transmission of Threatening Communication in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The counts were based on, and quoted, statements posted by Defendant on the social media platform Gab. The statements included in the Indictment are as follows: I'm just a random nobody in the US and I can pick any synagogue I want and go postal on it and the president will be visiting the place the next week to pay respects to his real masters.
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