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First Amendment Court Cases
These Court cases all had a major influence on the first amendment, either limiting the freedoms of speech in certain scenarios or by reinforcing protection for other freedoms. -
Schenck v. United States
This case made it illegal for someone to cause chaos by saying something like “fire!” in a crowded theater, and there isn’t an actual fire. -
Near v. Minnesota
Near v. Minnesota removed the restrictions on newspapers, and allowed them to freely share any facts about the government or events going on in the United States. -
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Members of Jehovah’s witness’ decided to not pledge allegiance to the flag and were expelled because of it, the case was taken to court and the court ruled that they should be allowed to do what they want because schools don’t get to decided what is socially allowed or not allowed. This is stupid because everyone should pledge allegiance to the flag, people are dying for their protection and they won't even say the motto that they die for. -
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
Students wore black armbands to represent their distaste for the Vietnam war and the schools didn’t like that they were wearing the armbands but the court decided that students should be allowed to express their political and social views. -
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Speech can be limited if it would incite a lawless action, this amendment came about as a result of the K.K.K creating unrest. -
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc
Made it required for libel to be substantiated in order for it to be published so that people can’t defamation anyone. -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Students tried to publish the names of people who were pregnant in the school in an article for the school newspaper. The principal thought that this was a violation of privacy and didn’t allow them to do it. The students thought this was a violation of their first amendments freedom of press, but the court decided that the principal was right and that by allowing them to publish the article would expose younger students to things they shouldn’t know about yet. -
Texas v. Johnson
The ruling of this case resulted in people being allowed to burn flags in order to show their protests for things. This is an important case because it is showing how stupid some people are, that they can mooch off of other Americans and then disrespect everyone including soldiers who die for them by burning our flag. -
Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education
Parents and students protested that textbooks promoted a viewpoint that contradicted their religious beliefs and wanted the schools to stop using them. The court ruled that the schools shouldn’t have to change their curriculum based on religion. -
Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist
This case allows there to be meetings at schools that look at matters from different religious perspectives and they can’t be persecuted. It came about from people desiring to discuss parental guidelines but with influences of religion. -
American Library Association v. U.S. Department of Justice and Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
This case made online freedom of speech more protected so people can post pornographic images if they want to. This also means that people can post more freely on the internet. -
United States, et al. v. American Library Association, Inc. et al
Requires that libraries which accept money from the government in order to operate use some of the funds they are given to put a filter on internet devices so that neither adults nor children can use access sites or images that are considered pornographic. -
