The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today for Counterman v. Colorado, which could determine the standard for a true threat.
In 2014, a Colorado singer-songwriter accepted a seemingly innocuous friend request on Facebook. This morning, nearly a decade later, the Supreme Court will hear a case about the fallout — and it might redefine what’s legal to say online., a closely watched case about the boundaries of unlawful “true threats.” The case’s petitioner, Billy Raymond Counterman, claims that he was convicted of stalking based on an overly broad definition of a threat.
C.W. said the messages derailed her life and musical career. She blocked Counterman, but he continued to contact her. She filed for a restraining order and canceled appearances, taking his request that she “die” as a threat. A court agreed, saying that the context of the messages — including Counterman’s pursuit of her after she blocked him — made them clearly threatening.
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