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Sep 22, 1215
Magna Carta is Created
The people of England revolt against King John, so he is forced to recognize the rights of noblemen, and the poor. This establishes that no ruler is above the law, and shapes some later documents such as the Declaration of Independence. -
50 Baptists Jailed
50 baptists in Virginia were jailed for preaching the gospel, depite the rules in the "Anglican Book of Common Prayer." This goes against freedom of religion in the 1st ammendment. -
Declaration of Independence
This was the first set of rules America began to live by after they declared independence from England. It sets the guidlines for all of the laws we have today. -
Sedition Act of 1798 Expires
The Sedition Act of 1798 Expired, and president Thomas Jefferson decided to leave it that way. So, it was now legal to write anything you wanted about the government; even negative things. This is related to freesom of the press (1st Ammendment). -
14th Ammerndment is Ratified
This granted all citizens who were born or had been naturalized in the United States. It was passed right after the Civil War, so that all of the slaves who had recently been freed, would now be considered citizens, and would have all of the rights citizens recieve. -
Sedition Act
This Act made talking bad about the government, the Constitution, or the flag illegal. It was eventually overturned, because it went against the 1st ammendment, (freedom of speech.) -
Court decides that Cursing is Not Protected by the 1st Ammendment
The court decides that "fighting words," or any words that which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of peace, are not protected by the 1st Ammendment. -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
The Supremem Court ruled that schools have the right to edit what is written in school newspapers, before they are given out to the public, despite freedom of the press. -
Religious Expression in Public Schools
President Clinton made sure every school was aware of the amount of religious expression allowed in public schools. -
44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island
The Suprememe Court says that the state law forbidding advertising of liquor prices is invalid. -
CPPA
Congress passed the Child Pornography Protection Act, because even though child porography is teachnically a freedom of the press, it is still not morally right, and there for was made illegal. -
Child Online Protection Act
This ensures the safety of children online, which is very imoprtant considering how much we use modern day technology. -
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
The Suprememe Cort rules that restricting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors is unconstitutional, because it goes against the first ammendment.
