... by the Bill of Rights. To be punishable, a publication must refer to a matter under consideration and constitute, in effect a threat to its impartial disposition. It must be calculated to create an atmospheric pressure incompatible with rational, impartial adjudication. But to interfere with justice it need not succeed. The State should be able to proscribe attempts that fail because of the danger that attempts may succeed. Cox v. Louisiana - Picketing Near a Courthouse Facts: The appellant led a demonstration of approximately 2,000 black students to protest the arrest of twenty-three black students who had picketed stores that maintained segregated lunch counters. The demonstration took place at a local courthouse, which contained the parish jail where the arrested students were confined to. The appellant was convicted of violating a state statute prohibiting any person, "with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, ...

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