Imminent Lawless Action

So we know we can’t yell fire in a crowded theater, but we can say the word fire. As always, over at Donn Zaretsky’s Art Law Blog there’s an interesting story concerning a performance art piece, “assasination” language, and what were the two Democratic candidates: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

“Performance artist Yazmany Arboleda set up a show called ‘The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama’ in a storefront across the street from the New York Times offices in Midtown.” According to Arboleda, “It’s art. It’s not supposed to be harmful. It’s about character assassination — about how Obama and Hillary have been portrayed by the media. … It’s about the media.” Zaretsky points out that according to the New York Times, “[t]he police and Secret Service promptly shut it down.” Donn has an update and analysis of this issue and story by Eugene Volokh.