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The First Amendment was Written
The First Amendment of the United States was ratified, along with nine other amendments to the Constitution of the United States making up the Bill of Rights, on December 15, 1791. The text of the First Amendment reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -
The Sedition Act of 1798
The Sedition Act permitted the government to prosecute people who said malicious things against them. -
Tunis Wortman's Treatise on Free Speech
This argued that in order to effectively help our country run smoothly we need to allow citizens to have free speech about everything. -
Schenck v. United States
Freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” -
Abrams v. United States
In Schenck v. United States, the United States Supreme Court upholds the conviction of Socialist Party official Charles Schenck under the 1917 Espionage Act which made it a felony to "cause, or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, -
Gitlow v. New York
This was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the reach of certain limitations on federal government authority set forth in the First Amendment—specifically the provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the press—to the governments of the individual states. -
Bridges v. California
In a 5-4 decision, the Court reversed the Supreme Court of California and found the fines for contempt unconstitutional. Justice Hugo L. Black, writing for the majority, relied on the "clear and present danger" standard set forth in Schenk v. United States. -
Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire
This concluded that fighting words that are meant to get the other person to retaliate are not protected under first amendment. -
Yates v. United States
This affirmed that its not protected under the 1st amendment to say things about overthrowing the government. -
Brandenburg v. Ohio
This overturned the conviction of Ku Klux Klan member of stating his beliefs. -
Bethel v. Fraser
A student made rather sexual remarks towards a teacher and the school punished the student. They concluded this was not a violation of 1st Amendment. -
Morse v. Frederick
Morse v. Frederick, (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, 5–4, that the First Amendment does not prevent educators from suppressing, at or across the street from a school-supervised event, student speech
