▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁Category : Place ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁A ▁true ▁threat ▁is ▁a ▁threaten ing ▁communication ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁pro sec uted ▁under ▁the ▁law . ▁It ▁is ▁distinct ▁from ▁a ▁threat ▁that ▁is ▁made ▁in ▁jest . ▁The ▁U . S . ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁has ▁held ▁that ▁true ▁thre ats ▁are ▁not ▁protected ▁under ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Constitution ▁based ▁on ▁three ▁just ifications : ▁prevent ing ▁fear , ▁prevent ing ▁the ▁dis ruption ▁that ▁follows ▁from ▁that ▁fear , ▁and ▁dimin ishing ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁that ▁the ▁threatened ▁violence ▁will ▁occur . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁concern ▁that ▁even ▁sat ir ical ▁speech ▁could ▁be ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁" true ▁threat " ▁due ▁to ▁concern ▁over ▁terror ism . ▁ ▁The ▁true ▁threat ▁doctrine ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁case ▁W att s ▁v . ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁that ▁case , ▁an ▁eigh teen - year - old ▁male ▁was ▁conv icted ▁in ▁a ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁District ▁Court ▁for ▁viol ating ▁a ▁stat ute ▁prohib iting ▁persons ▁from ▁know ingly ▁and ▁will fully ▁making ▁thre ats ▁to ▁harm ▁or ▁kill ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁conv iction ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁statement ▁made ▁by ▁W att s , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁said , ▁"[ i ] f ▁they ▁ever ▁make ▁me ▁carry ▁a ▁rif le ▁the ▁first ▁man ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁get ▁in ▁my ▁s ights ▁is ▁L . B