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Cantwell v. Connecticut
Decision by United States Supreme Court that the First Amendment protects a religions right to worship even on a state level -
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
School district's interest in creating national unity was enough to allow them to require students to salute the flag. -
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
U.S. Supreme Court determines fighting words are not protected by the First Amendment and can even put you in jail -
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
West Virginia requirement to salute the flag violates the free-speech. -
National Broadcasting Co. v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court states that no one has a right to a radio license or to monopolize a radio frequency and that radio can be owned by anyone -
Everson v. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New Jersey program that gives money to parents for money spent transporting their children to religious schools -
Terminiello v. Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court limits the fighting words -
Dennis v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court upholds the convictions of 12 Communist Party members -
Burstyn v. Wilson
U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time, finds that motion pictures are free-speech of the First Amendment -
Roth v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court determines that sexual things are not free speech -
NAACP v. Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court allows the NAACP of Alabama to withhold its membership from Alabama lawmakers -
Barenblatt v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court upholds the conviction of a college professor who refuses to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee
