A Montana man convicted of multiple counts of violating an electronic harassment law is asking the Supreme Court to invalidate the state law, arguing it is so sweeping that it violates free speech rights. Montana’s electronic harassment law is similar to laws in other states, meaning if the Supreme Court were to strike it down those other state laws could be in jeopardy. The case, Lamoureux v. Montana, court file 21-427, is an appeal from the Montana Supreme Court. William Frederick Lamoureux was found guilty by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, of three felony counts under the state’s Privacy in Communications statute. The statute criminalizes electronic communications made with the purpose to “harass, annoy, or offend,” using “obscene, lewd, or profane language.” The issue before the nation’s highest court, should it decide to hear the case, is whether that “statute that criminalizes speech intended to annoy or offend …