In a case sparked by anti-Semitic missives, a court in New York reversed a state law making annoying letters a criminal act. A U.S. district court judge, Shira Scheindlin, ruled that letters intended to annoy or alarm the recipient that do not make explicit threats are protected by the First Amendment, the New York Sun reported.
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