Clarence Brandenburg was arrested and convicted in Ohio for advocating violence at a KKK rally. Why did the Supreme Court of the United States overturn his sentence?

a. The violence was not imminent.
b. He was deemed to have been just bluffing.
c. He had the right to speak.
d. States cannot suppress speech.


a. The violence was not imminent.

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