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§ 30506. Rule of construction
For purposes of construing this division and the amendments made by this division the following shall apply:
(1) In general
(2) Violent acts
(3) Construction and application
Nothing in this division, or an amendment made by this division, shall be construed or applied in a manner that infringes any rights under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Nor shall anything in this division, or an amendment made by this division, be construed or applied in a manner that substantially burdens a person’s exercise of religion (regardless of whether compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief), speech, expression, or association, unless the Government demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest, if such exercise of religion, speech, expression, or association was not intended to—
(A) plan or prepare for an act of physical violence; or
(B) incite an imminent act of physical violence against another.
(4) Free expression
(5) First amendment
(6) Constitutional protections
(Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4710, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841.)