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Miller v. California
Miller is a owner/operator of a California mail-order business specializing in pornographic films and books. He was arrested“Every person who knowingly sends or causes to be sent, or brings or causes to be brought, into this state for sale or distribution, or in this state possesses, prepares, publishes, produces,or prints,with intent to distribute or to exhibit to others,or who offers to distribute, or exhibits to others, any obscene matter is for a first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor." -
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
In this seminal case considering the first amendment rights to students at Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. Anybody who wore black armbands would get expelled. They wore them in symbolic protest of the Vietnam War. -
Bethel School District v. Fraser
One day a student gave a speech to nominate another student for student government office. In this speech had, "graphic, and explicit sexual metaphor" reference to the other student. He was suspended and banned from speaking at graduation. The school had a standing policy against disruptive conduct. -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
A public principle removed two articles that seemed inappropriate to him. One story was about teen pregnancy and the other one was about divorce. The principle thought that the two cases were objectionable. They both sued the school, claiming that their 1st amendment was violated. -
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Group of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts sponsored public celebrations on St. Patrick's Day and Evacuation Day. The GLIB requsted to march in the parade alongside the usual groups. They wanted to show that even though they're gay, lesbian, and bisexual, and who are proud of both their sexual orientation and their Irish ancestral nationality. They didn't intent to aim for the "gay, lesbian, and bisexual message". -
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
U.S. Congress enacted Section 505 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section 55 needed cable television operators providing channels. Administrative regulations defined children as unlikely to view programming between 10pm and 6am.The Government offered three interests to justify Section 505:protecting children from being exposed to sexually explicit material; supporting parents' rights to raise their children as they see fit; and ensuring an individual's right to privacy in the home. -
Virginia v. Black
Three defendants were convicted of violating a virgina statute against cross burning. That makes it a felony " for any person, with the intent of intimidating any person or group, to burn a cross on the property of another, a highway or other public place," which that " any such burning shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to intimidate a person or group." -
Guiles v. Marineau
A student wore a t-shirt that partially obscured images relating to drug and alcohol, criticizing the President Of The United States. Which the school dress code states, " any aspect of a student's appearance, which constitutes a real hazard to the health and safety of self and others or is otherwise distracting," including " clothing displaying alcohol, drugs, violence, obscenity, and racism." -
Morse v. Frederick
A student was suspended for displaying a banner promoting drug use at a school event. In 2002 the Olympic Torch Relay passed through their high school. As the runners passed by the senior, with the help of others, held up a 14 foot banner that read: "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS." -
Snyder v. Phelps
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal was killed by a non-combat-related vehicle accident in Iraq. Sooner they had a funeral which thousands throughout the U.S. in protest of what they considered America's increasing tolerance in homosexuality. Picketers had placards such as placards such as "America is doomed", "You're going to hell", "God hates you", "Fag troops", "Semper fi fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".
