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Which of the following would most likely subject a person to criminal penalties? (1 point)
encouraging others to engage in violence
giving a stand-up comedy routine that ridicules the president
publishing an article against government foreign policy
speaking negatively about a particular racial group

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encouraging others to engage in violence

That speech can be treated as criminal incitement (unprotected by the First Amendment) if it is directed to producing imminent lawless action and likely to produce such action (Brandenburg v. Ohio). The other options are generally protected political or negative-expression speech.