Michael Antonio West was charged under a Georgia statute making it a crime to upbraid, insult, or abuse a public-school teacher, administrator, or bus driver in the presence of a pupil while on school premises or a school bus. Before trial, West filed a general demurrer arguing that the statute violated the First Amendment and Georgia’s free-speech guarantee. The trial court rejected the challenge, and the Supreme Court of Georgia granted an interlocutory appeal. The Supreme Court held that the statute was facially overbroad. Although the State may regulate speech in schools and protect students and school personnel, the law reached protected expression based on its message and content without the narrow tailoring required by the First Amendment. The Court explained that the overbreadth doctrine permits a facial challenge when a law chills a substantial amount of protected speech relative to its legitimate sweep. Because the statute criminalized a broad range of insulting or abusive expression, it could not survive that review. The Court reversed the order denying West’s demurrer. All the Justices concurred.