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Heckler's VetoA heckler's veto occurs when the First amendment rights of the acting party are curtailed due to the behavior of the reacting party. The common example is that of demonstrators (reacting party) causing a speech (given by the acting party) to be terminated in order to preserve the peace. In the United States, case law regarding the heckler's veto is mixed. Most findings say that the acting party's actions cannot be pre-emptively stopped due to fear of heckling by the reacting party, but in the immediate face of violence, authorities can ask the acting party to cease their action in order to satisfy the hecklers. See Also * Prior restraint
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