The First Amendment on Trial
First Amendment Activities | United States Courts
Apply landmark Supreme Court cases to contemporary scenarios related to the five pillars of the First Amendment and your rights to freedom of religion, ...
U.S. Constitution - First Amendment | Resources | Library of Congress
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 ...
The First Amendment on Trial: Factors That Influence Juror Receptivity
Despite widespread support for the First Amendment (as seen in our survey and in recent polls), in each of our hypothetical cases, most ...
Top 10 First Amendment Cases of the 2022-2023 Supreme Court ...
In a unanimous decision, the court sided with Jack Daniel's in enforcing its trademark rights to its iconic whiskey bottle against a canine chew ...
Notable First Amendment Court Cases | ALA
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, 39 S.Ct. 247, 63 L.Ed.2d. (1919): Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes stated in this case his famous aphorism about "falsely ...
First Amendment Timeline | The Free Speech Center - MTSU
Cruikshank, the Supreme Court affirms that freedom of assembly is a natural right but also states that the First Amendment offers protection only against ...
First Amendment | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Generally, a person cannot be held liable, either criminally or civilly for anything written or spoken about a person or topic, so long as it is truthful or ...
Justices schedule major First Amendment case for January
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the law, rejecting an argument that it violated the First Amendment by imposing a burden on ...
First Amendment and Religion | United States Courts
The First Amendment has two provisions concerning religion: the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment clause prohibits the ...
The First Amendment Freedoms of Speech, Religion, and the Press
United States (1919), the court held that the government could infringe on a person's free speech if they were a “clear and present danger” to the nation's ...
First Amendment | Browse | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov
... Court case law ... First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free ...
The Bill of Rights: A Transcription - National Archives
Amendment VII. In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ...
First Amendment | U.S. Constitution | LII / Legal Information Institute
The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.
The 8 First Amendment cases the Supreme Court will decide this term
It features eight cases that will have far-reaching implications for the ways we interact online, both with elected officials and with one another.
Free Speech Supreme Court Cases
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that the government must not “abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Free speech has long ...
First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
Near v. Minnesota (1931) and · New York Times v. United States (1971), the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protected against prior restraint—pre- ...
First Amendment Supreme Court Cases: 2023-2024 Term
In this post, we highlight First Amendment Supreme Court cases of the 2023-2024 term. It will be updated with additional information and analysis as the term ...
First Amendment--Constitutional Right of Access to Criminal Trials
6 The uncer- tainty was put to rest by the Richmond Newspapers decision, in which the Court held that the press and the public do have a first amendment right ...
Supreme Court hears arguments for First Amendment cases | CNN ...
A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Monday that it has serious reservations with an argument raised by two conservative states that the ...
First Amendment cases in the U.S. Supreme Court in October 2023 ...
Vullo. In National Rifle Association v. Vullo (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court explained that a government official can violate the First ...