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July 4th, 1776
This was the day America declared free and gained independence from Britain. -
Sedition Act Expires
The sedition act made it so that if people said or wrote something bad about the government, they would be punished. when this ended,everyone who was convicted was free. -
Reynolds v. United States
This case was about Reynolds missing his duty because of religious reasons. the case ruled that it is illegal to punish based off of a religious duty. -
Patterson v. Colorado
This case was set on deciding whether is it illegal to criticize the government. In this ruling they declared it legal to speak freely. -
Gitlow vs. New York
This was the first case to actually promote the 1st amendment, and made sure all cases in all states had this ruling for further cases. -
Near vs Minnesota
In this case it made it illegal to take down any type of speech or press in newspaper even if it has inappropriate language, or things about the government. -
Everson vs. Board of Education
This established the difference between separating religion and government. this gave the 1st amendment the right of free religion. -
Bethel School District vs. Fraser
In this case, a high school boy created a speech about how bad the student council president was using vulgar and exploit language. The case ruled that is was illegal to discipline him because of a speech. -
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Kids in school were wearing black arm bands to protest the war in Vietnam. The case ruled that it was illegal to suspend them because of the arm bands and allowed to keep them as long as they didn't distract other students. -
New York Times vs. United States
In this case, the united states took down a newspaper because they did not like a couple articles in the newspaper. They took this to the supreme court and won. this restricted their right of free speech and press. -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
The principle at Hazelwood high school took down two articles in the student newspaper because he thought they were not appropriate. this case was said to be illegal because it took away the right of free speech and press. -
Morse v. Frederick
In this case it involved a student giving a speech about promoting a drug use banner during school. in this case the school was in the right to suspend him because it has drug policies and other rules for a public schools.
