The Supreme Court today is hearing a case about what constitutes a threat on Facebook. 

Anthony Elonis was convicted of making threats against his estranged wife, and an FBI agent. After his wife left him, taking the couple’s two children with her, Elonis began posting about her on his Facebook page. Here’s one example:

There’s one way to love ya, but a thousand ways to kill ya,

And I’m not going to rest until your body is a mess,

Soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts.

Hurry up and die bitch.

Elonis was convicted, but argues he’s protected by the First Amendment & free speech. Read more from NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

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