Saturday, September 22, 2012

Identify significant Supreme Court decisions on First Amendment rights.

There have been so many of these that there is no way to put a
significant percentage of them on here. For
example:


  • Lemon v. Kurtzman. This was a case having to do
    with the Establishment Clause. It set up a test to determine what government actions that seem to
    favor religion are actually acceptable.

  • Miller v. California. This
    one also set up a three part test. This one determines what things are and are not
    obscene.

  • Johnson v. Texas. This one struck down a law against flag
    burning.

  • Near v. Minnesota. This one said that governments
    cannot, in most circumstances, exercise "prior restraint" to prevent a newspaper from publishing
    something.

Again, there are so many more that have been
very significant, partly because there are so many aspects of First Amendment
law.

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