Exam 1 Cases Flashcards
Ward v Rock Against Racism
New York City officials could control the volume of amplified music at rock concerts in Central Park without violating the First Amendment
Lovell v. City of Griffin
Jehovah’s witness case
Pasisng out pamphlets(distributing and publishing lit. is a constiutional right
City of Ladue v. Gilleo
City officials could not flatly prohibit homeowners from displaying political signs on their own property
R.A.V. V. St. Paul
Court overturned a St. Paul, Minnesota, ordinance intended to punish those who burn crosses, display swastikas, or express racial or religious hatred in other ways.
-RAV burned a cross in a afrina ameircan man’s yard.
New York Times v. US (Pentagon Papers)
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to set aside the prior restraint and allow the publication of articles based on the Pentagon Papers.
-The papers did not present a suffiencient national security risk.
Cohen v. California
Offensiveness alone is not a good enough reason to punish individuals using provocative langauge.
“Fuck the draft”
US v. O’Brien
expressive content may be regulated if the government meets certain standards, intermediate scrutiny.
-Burning of a draft card
Virginia v. Black
Cross-burning is protected by the First Amendment—but not when the act is an attempt to intimidate someone rather than an expression of symbolic speech.
City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing
Ruled that newsracks are a legitimate form of expression in a public forum protected by the First Amendment, and a city may not base decisions to grant or deny newsrack space on the content of the publication.
Near v. Minnesota
Supreme Court made it clear that prior restraints are generally improper in America
-Minnesota state statute that allowed government officials to treat a “malicious, scandalous and defamatory newspaper” as a public nuisance and forbid its publication
Bland v. Roberts
Facebook like button
“That a user may use a single mouse click to produce that message that he likes the page instead of typing the same message with several individual key strokes is of no constitutional significance.”
Snyder v. Phelps
Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the WBC’s funeral picketing activities and website (www.godhatesfags.com) were protected under the First Amendment.
Janus v. AFSCE
By a 5-4 vote, the majority struck down mandatory union dues and overruled Abood.
Boy Scouts of Americ v. Dale
The 5-4 majority ruled that the Boy Scouts may exclude gays as troop leaders, declaring that a private organization has the right to set its own moral code and espouse a viewpoint
US v. Alvarez
Overtruned the Stolen Valor Act
McCullen v. Coakley
The Court struck down a Massachusetts buffer zone in McCullen v. Coakley (573 U.S. 464). The 2007 law had made it a crime for anyone to stand on a public road or sidewalk within 35 feet of any abortion clinic
