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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
The First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public school. -
Terminiello v. City of Chicago
City of Chicago that banned speech which steered the public to anger, invites dispute, or creates a disturbance was unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Watkins v. United States
United States Congress is not unlimited in conducting investigations and that nothing in the US Constitution gives it the authority to expose individuals private affairs. -
Yates v. United States
the First Amendment protects radical and reactionary speech, unless it posed a clear and present danger. -
Adderley v. Florida
County jails are not public places and so it did not infringe on the right to assembly. -
New York Times Co. v. United States
New York Times Co. v. United States was a heated debate on whether or not the press should be allowed to publish classified information to the public without government consent -
Gertz vs. Robert Welch, Inc.
Protection against defamation claims brought by private individuals -
Board of Education v. Pico
school officials may not remove books from school libraries because they disagree with the ideas contained in the books -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Public school officials can censor school-sponsored newspapers, because the newspapers are part of the school curriculum. -
Florida Star v. B.J.F.
State law made it illegal for a publication to print a rape victim's name -
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Bartnicki v. Vopper
Illegally obtained wiretaps can be published -
United States v. Alvarez
Court struck down a portion of the Stolen Valor Act, a federal law that criminalized false statements about having a military medal.
