Freedom of Speech Forum

1.  Snyder v. Phelps,  09-751 (March 2, 2011) involved members of the Westboro Baptist Church  picketing at the funeral of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder.   Please read the decision, give me a summary of the facts of the case and  a discussion of the Court’s decision. 

2.  In oral argument, Justice Scalia questions the applicability of the “fighting words” doctrine enunciated in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire , 315 U. S. 568 (1942).
 

Despite  this discussion, the doctrine is dismissed in a footnote in the  majority opinion and barely mentioned in the concurring opinion.  Please  define and explain the doctrine.  Could/should it have been applied?

Length of 500 words minimum. APA format. 2 sources.