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Jan 15, 1215
Magna Carta
England’s King John causes some anger between the nolbe man and the ordinary people. They want him to recognize rights for both noblemen and ordinary people. King John establishes that no one, including the king or a lawmaker, is above the law. -
The Petition of Right
Is a statement of the English legal movement .This important document sets out the rights and liberties of the common man. -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress makes the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. -
14 Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. The amendment, requires that no state will “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; or deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. -
Patterson v. Colorado
Its first free-press case the U.S. Supreme Court determines that they don't jurisdiction to review the conviction of U.S. senator and Denver newspaper publisher Thomas Patterson for articles and a cartoon that makes fun of the state supreme court. The Court writes that “what constitutes contempt, as well as the time during which it may be committed, is a matter of local law.” Now its unclear the question of whether First Amendment guarantees are applees -
Sedition Act,
Congress passes the Sedition Act, which forbids spoken or printed criticism of the U.S. government, the Constitution or the flag. -
Stromberg v. California
In Stromberg v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court gets rid of the state court conviction of Yetta Stromberg, 19-year-old female member. Whos part of the Young Communist League, who violated a state law by display of a red flag as “an emblem of opposition to the United States government.” This is the first in which the Court recognizes that speech may be nonverbal, or a form of symbolic expression. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District that Iowa public school officials violates the FirstAmendment right of several students by suspending them for wearing black armbands to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The Court says that school officials can not censor student expression unless they can reasonably cause -
New York v Ferber
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in New York v. Ferber that child pornography is not protected by the First Amendment. -
Wallace v. Jaffree
The U.S. Supreme Court says that an Alabama law authorizing a one-minute silent period at the start of each school day “for meditation or voluntary prayer.” The Court says that the law was enacted to promote religion, which violates the establishment. -
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
Hustler Magazine publishes a parody of a liquor advertisement in which Rev. Jerry Falwell is shown in a bad way.The Court rules that political cartoons “have played an important role in public and political debate.” -
John Stuart Mill
Publishes the essay On Libertay. Explands His argument that if speech is free and the search for knowledge unfettered that eventually Truth will rise to the surface.
