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John Stuart Mills Essay
Mills wrote an essay stating that explaining that if America has free speech then the truth will "rise to the surface" -
Gen. Ambrose Burnside wants suspension of publication
General Ambrose Burnside ordered a suspension of a writing published in the Chicago Times because the views on the situation were "disloyal". Abraham Lincoln revoked the request. -
Patterson vs Colorado
The court decides that they have no say in what was said in the newspapers about the US Supreme Court. -
Espionage Act
Congress passed an act making it illegal to refuse duty or be disloyal to and in the US Military. This pretty much took people's first amendment rights away. -
The Scopes Monkey Trial
This is when a teacher named John Scopes was found guilty of teaching children about evolution which was against the law in Tennessee. -
LIFE Magazine Banned for Publication
LIFE Magazine was banned in the US for putting pictures in their magazine of a health film know as "The Birth of a Baby". This took away their first amendment rights. -
Thornhill vs Alabama
Supreme Court takes away Alabama law that makes it illegal to loiter and picket without a "just cause or legal excuse". This law took away citizens rights because it was revoking their right to gather and talk about something that bothered them. -
West Virginia State Board of Education vs Barnette
Supreme Court rules that the requirement to salute the flag takes away a persons first amendment rights. -
Burstyn vs Wilson
Supreme Court rules a New York law that bans sacrilegious movies to be unconstitutional because it takes away first amendment rights. -
Roth vs The United States
Supreme Court rules that obscenity in speech is not protected under the first amendment. -
Abington School District vs Schempp
Supreme Court takes away daily bible reading practices in public schools because it takes away children's first amendment rights because some children aren't religious or do not read the bible. -
Pickering vs Board of Education
Supreme Court rules that the US denied a school teacher, Marvin Pickering, his first amendments when they fired him for writing a letter of concern to the school board.