ABA Online "Conversation"
with Mary Beth Tinker
Online resource featuring students' questions with three plaintiffs
from Tinker v. Des Moines, the Vietnam-era students' rights
case regarding freedom of expression.
The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History With Documents by Ellen Schrecker
Brandenburg
v. Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court's 1969 decision holding that an Ohio criminal
syndicalism law violated a Ku Klux Klan leader's free speech rights.
The law broadly prohibited public speech that advocates "unlawful
methods of terrorism" and other activities to advance political
reform. From the Northwestern University Oyez Project database
of Supreme Court cases.
Emma
Goldman Speech Against Conscription and War
Delivered in New York City on June 14, 1917. Goldman's opposition
to a mandatory draft resulted in a two-year prison term and then
deportation from the United States in 1919.
Houchins
v. KQED (1978)
The Supreme Court held "that the First Amendment granted no special
right of access to the press of government-controlled sources
of information." From the Northwestern University Oyez Project
database of Supreme Court cases.
"Homefront
USA" Episode of Vietnam: A Television History
Part of 13-part documentary "American Experience" film series
produced for public television.
Powers
of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Features 33 posters designed to rally public support for the war.
Robert
LaFollette Defends Free Speech in Wartime (October 6, 1917)
Speech by U.S. Sen. LaFollette (R-Wisconsin), who opposed the
involvement of the United States in World War I.
Texas
v. Johnson
U. S. Supreme Court's 1989 decision holding that Johnson's burning
of the American flag was a form of speech protected under the
First Amendment. From the Northwestern University Oyez Project
database of Supreme Court cases.
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