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Patterson V. Colorado Case
The Supreme Court doesn't have the power to review the conviction between the Denver newspaper publisher Thomas Patterson and the U.S. Senator. For a cartoon and articles that Patterson had made criticizing the state supreme court. -
Debs v. U.S. Case
Presidential Candidate Eugene Debs was convicted by the U.S. Supreme court under the Espionage Act for speaking out against WWI. -
Abrams v. United States Case
The US supreme court had convicted 5 people for violating the Espionage Act. This was in the court case of Abrams v. US, these people had pamphlets that was critical to the US involvement in WWI. -
Gitlow v. New York Case
Benjamin Gitlow was convicted by the United States Supreme Court for writing and distributing "The Left Wing Manifesto". But the courts had decided that the freedom of speech part of the First Amendment applied to the states through the 14th amendment. -
The Scopes Monkey Trial
Took place in Dayton Texas, a school teacher by the name of John Thomas Scopes was found guilty for teaching the theory of evolution which was against the law in the state of Tennessee. -
DeJonge v. Oregon Case
The Supreme court reversed the conviction of someone that was under the state criminal syndicalism law for participating in a communist party political meeting. Then the court says that the peaceable assembly for lawful discussion can not be made into a crime. -
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette Case
The Supreme court thought that is could be a violation against the First amendment for the requirement to salute the flag. -
Abington School District v. Schempp Case
The supreme court put an end to the requirement of daily bible readings in public schools. That the Government must stay neutral, they can't aid or oppose religion. -
Pickering v. Board of Education Case
There were workers that were on the school board that were fired for writing a critical letter and sent it to the newspaper. The problem is to arrive at a balance between the citizen and state -
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board Case
When the supreme court said that the first amendment did not apply to privately owned shopping places. It was not subverted by the actions of the shopping center owners. -
Texas v. Johnson court case.
said that the supreme court said that the burning the flage is protected under the Firest Amendment. -
Mcconnell v. Federal election commissiojn
This is when the supreme court upholds a vast majority of federal finance law, the bitartisan campaign reform act was against the first amendment
