Federal Judge: State Can Prohibit Profanity On Public Highways

A North Carolina law prohibiting “profane” or “indecent” language on public highways does not violate the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled recently in the case of an intoxicated individual who yelled at police officers.

The statute in question provides: “If any person shall, on any public road or highway and in the hearing of two or more persons, in a loud and boisterous manner, use indecent or profane language, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.”

Danial A. Flowers was convicted under this law and convicted as well of public intoxication and resisting or obstructing a police officer. Full Story

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