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political hyperbole

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Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

The language of the political arena, like the language used in labor disputes, is often vituperative, abusive, and inexact. We agree with petitioner that his only offense here was 'a kind of very crude offensive method of stating a political opposition to the President.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705 (1969).