Comprehensive and meticulously documented facts about freedom of speech. Learn why the founders of the U.S. included free speech in the Bill of Rights, how courts have ruled in such cases, and much more. For example: • Totalitarianism • Private Party Suppression • Student Rights • ...
Supreme Court cases involving freedom of speech of government employees, then by discussing a few cases in lower federal courts involving university professors. These cases contain the official interpretation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment to the U.S. ...
whether in legal documents or in colloquial discourse, the speech referred to surely covers more than spoken language. For example, no one disputes that freedom of speech coverswritten languageas well; and if so, it is difficult to see how...
The article presents the author's argument related to money and freedom of speech. Decisions on the cases Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) and McCutcheon v. FEC is discussed. In the case McCutcheon v. FEC, the court ruled that setting limit on the aggregate amount one ...
This research paper discusses the zone of constitutional protection afforded verbal assaults under the First Amendment. Such assaults, particularly those containing racial slurs or insults, should not be insulated from legal prohibition as free speech because their toleration encourages violation of equal...
Since rights are to be protected by general rule, case-by-case consideration of consequences is ruled out (pp. 3, 18, 96) and neither modest increases in the general welfare, nor majority opinion, can justify the violation of a right (pp. 14-15; 17-18). Berger combines this view of...
In 1969, the Court was writing opinions in which they claimed '...to have fashioned the principle that the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is dir...
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
of expression, promotes conformity over individuality and takes away the free, in free schools. Some people may say that school uniforms prevent bullying, but that isn’t always true. Students should not have to wear school uniforms. First, school uniforms take away the students freedom of ...
The statutory language used in the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005, as applied to homeowners associations, is consistent with the language of First Amendment cases involving government regulation of speech in public and publicly accessible places, including sidewalks, streets, and pub...