aerial view of the law school, business school and East Bell Commons on the CWRU campus at dusk

Law’s Sara Coulter notes that satire is protected speech under the First Amendment

Here’s the satirical piece about Jim Renacci his team demanded we delete because they thought you wouldn’t think it was a joke

Cleveland SceneSara Coulter, a fellow at the First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law, noted that satire is protected speech under the First Amendment. “Parody is still protected speech even if some people are confused by the content because parody is measured objectively, with courts considering whether a reasonable reader would understand the statements to be actual statements of fact rather than parody or satire,” she said.