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supreme court rules that motion pictures are free speech and cannot be banned if it is thought to be sacrilegious http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/first-amendment-timeline
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The Supreme court rules that requiring bible readings in school violates the first amendment, the government should be neutral and should not aid or oppose religion.
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School teacher pickering was fired for writing a critical letter of the school district to a newspaper, the supreme court determined that this was a violation of her first amendment rights.
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Evolution can now be taught in school
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people that wear "F____ the Draft" shirts to court are protected by the first amendment. The court rules that profane speech is protected by the first amendment. http://visualfa.org/timeline/
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Press cannot keep sources a secret in a government investigation.
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it is a first amendment right to the free flow of truthful information.
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Creationism cannot be required to be taught alongside evolution. The law in Louisiana that required it was deemed unconstitutional.
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Illegally obtained wire taps can be published. The law prohibiting the publication of this material is in violation of the first amendment rights of the publishers (the ones that published it but did not do the wire tapping) http://visualfa.org/timeline/
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Prisoners are allowed to practice religion. it is unconstitutional to prohibit religious practices in prison. http://visualfa.org/timeline/
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Video games are considered free speech and California's law against the sale of mature games to minors is deemed unconstitutional http://visualfa.org/timeline/
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Protests allowed at funeral, the protest of Westboro baptist church at the funeral of a slain marine is protected by the first amendment. http://visualfa.org/timeline/
