>>> IN WHAT COULD BE A GROUND 
BREAKING DECISION, SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS 
TODAY THAT COULD DECIDE THE 
LIMITS OF WHAT YOU POST ONLINE.
WHILE GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE, 
ANTHONY POSTED ON FACEBOOK 
SEEMINGLY DIRECTED AT HIS WIFE.
THERE'S ONE WAY TO LOVE YA, A 
THOUSAND WAYS TO KILL YA.
HE SAID THIS WAS JUST A RAP AND 
HE WAS BLOWING OFF STEAM.
NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.
AFTER HIS WIFE FILED FOR A 
PROTECTIVE ORDER, HE POSTED THIS
"FOLD UP YOUR PROTECTION FROM 
ABUSE ORDER AND PUT IT IN YOUR 
POCKET.
IS IT THICK ENOUGH TO STOP A 
BULLET?"
HE WAS SENTENCED TO 44 MONTHS IN
PRISON FOR POSTING SUCH THING ON
FACEBOOK.
PAM JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING CAROL.
THIS IS A GROUND BREAKING CASE.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE HIGH 
COURT WILL EXAMINE FREE SPEECH 
RIGHTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
ORAL ARGUMENTS BEGIN AT 11:00.
THIS CASE CENTERS ON THIS MAN 
WHO POSTED THESE MESSAGES ON HIS
FACEBOOK PAGE INITIALLY DIRECTED
SEEMINGLY AT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE 
AT THE TIME.
HE WENT ON TO POST MESSAGES 
DIRECTED AT A FBI AGENT, TALKED 
ABOUT SHOOTING UP A KINDERGARTEN
CLASS.
HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THIS WAS JUST 
AN EXPRESSION, SIMILAR TO THE 
WAY A RAPPER BLOWS OFF STEAM THE
IN A RAP SONG AND HE DIDN'T 
INTEND TO HARM ANYONE.
HERE'S WHAT HIS ATTORNEY HAD TO 
SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 
THERAPEUTIC FOR ME.
THIS IS JUST FOR ME, NOT ANYBODY
ELSE.
THERE'S A REASON WHY ALL THESE 
GRAPHIC SONGS ARE WRITTEN.
THEY WORK THROUGH EXPERIENCES.
WHEN EMINEMS WROTE THESE THINGS 
THAT ARE ABOUT HIS EX-WIFE.
>> Reporter: THE JUDGE IS SAYING
THIS IS THE INTENT.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE WIFE 
FEARED FOR HER LIFE.
IT'S HOW A REASONABLE PERSON 
WOULD PERCEIVE THE THREAT.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO A BOMB 
THREAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE 
INTENT IS OF THE PERSON CALLING 
IT A BOMB THREAT.
WHAT MATTERS IS HOW PEOPLE REACT
TO THAT, PANIC IT MAY CAUSE.
THAT'S THE HEART OF THE 
GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENT.
ANTHONY WAS CONVICTED BY A 
PENNSYLVANIA JURY, SENTENCED TO 
44 MONTHS IN PRISON DUE TO THIS 
PREMISE OF HIS INTENT OF POSTING
MESSAGES.
IT'S BOUND TO BE
