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1. Ll nine Justices of the Court voted to strike down anti-indecency provisions of the Communications Decency Act (the CDA) - finding they violated the freedom of speech provisions of the First Amendment [obscenity]

2. The Supreme Court - however - held that the ordinances were neither neutral nor generally applicable: rather - they applied exclusively to the church. Because the law was targeted at Santera

3. The arm band in schools case; First Amendment applied to public schools - and that administrators would have to demonstrate constitutionally valid reasons for any specific regulation of speech in the classroom. [symbolic speech]

4. Court ruled that a DC law banning hand guns was unconstitutional.

5. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.

6. Turned the tide in terms of constitutional litigation - ruling that the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited unreasonable classifications based on sex.

7. States may provide school vouchers to parents that may use the money to attend religious school. [exception to lemon v. kurtzman]

8. The Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.

9. The Court reversed its 1986 ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick by finding a Texas statute that banned sodomy to be unconstitutional.

10. Held that the Justice Department does not have the authority to block physician assisted suicides.

11. Limitation on the scope of Tinker ruling. prohibiting certain styles of expression that are sexually vulgar.

12. Court made it illegal to send or receive images online that are indistinguishable from that of a minor in a sexual act.

13. Decision that limited the application of the Bill of Rights to the actions of Congress alone.

14. Tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech [free speech]

15. Concluded that a defendant did not have a First Amendment right to free speech against the draft during World War I. Charles Schenck was the Secretary of the Socialist party and was responsible for printing - distributing - and mailing 15000 leaflets

16. The Court fashioned the direct incitement test for deciding whether certain kinds of speech could be regulated by the government. This test holds that advocacy of illegal action is protected by the First Amendment unless imminent action is intended a

17. By ruling that a state law violated the freedom of the press - the Supreme Court incorporated the free press provision of the First Amendment.

18. If a defendant cannot afford an attorney the state must provide one. Incorporated the 6th amendment.

19. A case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment required that government demonstrate a compelling government interest before denying unemployment compensation to someone Who was fired b

20. Incorporation (free exercise)

21. Declared that a work is obscene and may be regulated by the gov if work taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests - work portrays sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and work taken as a whole lacks literary - artistic - political or scien

22. MALDEF failed to convince the Court that educational funds should be distributed equally among school districts.

23. Man claimed that the court should not find him guilty of polygamy since it was his religious duty. The court disagreed. [Free exercise]

24. You may believe whatever you wish - but you may not be able to exercise that belief.

25. This Act prescribed fines up to $10000 and prison up to 20 yrs for a variety of loosely defined antiwar activities. [free speech]

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