1. In America, where the First Amendment bars the government from limiting speech save on exceptional grounds, courts have tended to strike down post-1945 laws controlling “hate speech”.
strike down 废止,取缔,终结(非法的法律或规定)
The Supreme Court today struck down a law that prevents criminals from profiting from books or movies about their crimes.
最高法院今天废止了一项关于禁止罪犯把其罪行写成书或拍成电影而从中牟利的法律
。2. Mr Berkowitz corrects that half-truth, noting that American courts have upheld speech bans on pacifists in wartime and communists during the cold war.
half-truth 半真半假的陈述
The article had been full of errors and half truths.
这篇文章里尽是些错误和真假参半的内容
。