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- NetChoice LLC v. Paxton. The Supreme Court agreed to keep a preliminary injunction of Texas’ social media law in place, preventing the law from going into effect pending a full review of the law’s constitutionality.
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. In a 6–3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch, the court held that the First Amendment’s free speech and free exercise clauses protect a high school football coach’s right to pray on the 50-yard line of the school football field after a game in a quiet, publicly visible religious observance.
- Carson v. Makin. In a 6–3 decision, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the free exercise clause prohibited Maine from discriminating against religious schools by excluding those schools from a tuition assistance program open to nonsectarian schools in rural areas without free-standing public schools.
- Shurtleff v. City of Boston. The court unanimously held that the city of Boston did not engage in government speech when it let groups raise a flag of their choosing on a city flagpole outside City Hall during community events.
Anti-Abortion Protests and Free Speech (8) There have been two rights at stake in First Amendment cases related to abortion protests reaching the Supreme Court: the privacy rights of patients and staff members at health care facilities and the rights of speech, assembly, and petition of pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters.
The 1 st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedoms that many consider to be the essence of America. The five freedoms guaranteed by the 1 st Amendment are speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. Collectively, these are sometimes referred to as freedom of expression. Freedom of speech is the foundation on which all other ...
Cases By Date. This is a chronological list of notable court cases involving First Amendment freedoms from 1804 to present. Each case on the list links to a summary of the ruling in the case. The list includes rulings from the Supreme Court and other significant decisions from state courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals.
Compelled subsidy for speech of others. [edit] Cases that consider the First Amendment implications of payments mandated by the state going to use in part for speech by third parties. Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) Communications Workers of America v. Beck (1978) Chicago Local Teachers Union v.
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [1] The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action".
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Aug 4, 2023 · Often referred to as the “Pentagon Papers” case, the landmark Supreme Court decision in New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government. McNamara commissioned a secret Vietnam War study
