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The United States gains Independence from Great Britain
A year after The American Revolutionary War ended, the Declaration of Independence was ratified and gave the Americans independence from Britain. -
The Articles of Confederation
George Mason proposed a bill of rights that guaranteed the American people civil liberties. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was submitted to the government September 25, 1789 and was adopted December 15, 1789 which included the 1st amendment. -
Schnek v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court decision sustaining the Espionage Act of 1917. The Court ruled that freedom of speech and freedom of the press could be limited if the words in the circumstances created "a clear and present danger." -
Gitlow v. New York
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech applied to state laws under the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Near v. Minnesota
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that prior restraint on publications is a violation of free speech and free press -
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
Court upheld the power of the State to expel from its schools certain children, Jehovah's Witnesses, who refused upon religious grounds to join in a flag salute ceremony and recitation of the pledge of allegiance. -
Free Excercise Clause
Created during the Thomas v. Review Board to make special accommodations of religious ideas and actions. -
Texas v. Johnson
The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down laws prohibiting flag burning -
Lee v. Weisman
The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an official prayer before a public school graduation was unconstitutional, even though the prayer was nondenominational. -
Bartnicki v. Vopper
A court that was held for the rights that the First Amendment protects. Disclosure of illegally intercepted communication by parties who did not participate in the illegal interception. -
Van Orden v. Perry
A 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court held that displaying a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas State Capital does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
