| ▲ | ben_w 2 hours ago | |
> It's a first amendment issue, I'm allowed to write and read books that are useful to getting away with crimes, etc. I'm neither American nor a lawyer. Is "conspiracy" protected under the first amendment? If you discuss a crime with someone to learn about it, does that count as "conspiracy"? | ||
| ▲ | kristjansson an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
GP is correct, books describing, advocating, even instructing crime in the abstract are almost surely protected speech. | ||
| ▲ | rootusrootus an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> If you discuss a crime with someone to learn about it, does that count as "conspiracy"? Replace 'conspiracy' with 'agreement'. Discussing a crime is not a conspiracy. Agreeing with someone to commit the crime is. | ||
| ▲ | tccole an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Yes conspiracy is covered, now if you act it out… that’s a different story. | ||