1st Amendment Timeline

  • Creation Of United States/colonies

    Creation Of United States/colonies
    The United States was formed after the american revolution in which America won against britain
  • Passing of U.S Constitution

    Passing of U.S Constitution
    Constitution of America guarenteed basic civil rights/liberties that all americans have
  • Bill of Rights is Passed

    Bill of Rights is Passed
    Bill of rights was ratified in 1791.Guarentees basic american rights to all americans,reardless of skin color,heritage,etc.
  • Scheneck Vs. US

    Scheneck Vs. US
    During WW1 era,Scheneck mailed letters to Americans sugessting that war was wrong,motivated by greed of countries.Scheneck was not protected in this case,given 20 yrs of prison.
  • Evans Vs.School district of Fresno County

    Evans Vs.School district of Fresno County
    State conculded that king james version bible was to be excluded from schools,religion was not to be taught in schools.
  • Whitney Vs.California

    Whitney Vs.California
    Anita Whitney was punished for forming that communist labor party,which was not protected by the first amendment at the time.
  • Near VS. Minnesota

    Near VS. Minnesota
    State of Minnesota punished Nathan Lear for publishing article about america in newspaper.Violated they 10th and 14th amendments.
  • Salvail v. Nashua Board of Education

    Salvail v. Nashua Board of Education
    MS magazine was removed from a New Hampshire high school library by order of the Nashua School Board. The U.S. District Court decided for the student, teacher, and adult residents who had brought action against the school board, the court concluding: "The court finds and rules that the defendants herein have failed to demonstrate a substantial and legitimate government interest sufficient to warrant the removal of MS magazine from the Nashua High School library.
  • Central Hudson Gas and Electric v. Public Service Commission

    Central Hudson Gas and Electric v. Public Service Commission
    A law completely banning the utility company from advertising the promotion of electricity was deemed unconstitutional.
  • Zykhan Vs.Warsaw

    Zykhan Vs.Warsaw
    Student named Zykhan brought forth the idea of schools to stop limiting what students could see in textbooks.Court dismissed the case saying a child couldn't bring things to court
  • Kreimer vs Bureu of police for Morristown

    Kreimer vs Bureu of police for Morristown
    In detailed analysis, the court of appeals held that a municipal public library was a limited public forum, meaning open to the public for the specified purposes of exercising their First Amendment rights to read and receive information from library materials
  • Bartnicki v. Vopper

    Bartnicki v. Vopper
    Media outlets can not be held liable for broadcasting material acquired illegally by a third party.