Brightest star in the constitutional constellation
Media as the 4th branch
OBSCENITY I know it when I see it
SECOND "THE EMBARASSING" AMENDMENT
CAPITALIST SPEECH
100

Case that created the CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER TEST

Schenck v. United States

100

Test created in Near v. Minnesota

doctrine of no prior restraint

100

William Brennan test for obscenity

Roth test

100

Supreme Court that the right to bear arms was a "collective right" related to service in a state militia in this case

United States v. Miller (1939)

100

Test established in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

social value test

200

Case that created the incitement test

Brandenburg v. Ohio

200

Classified material involved in NYT v. United States

Pentagon Paper

200

Chief Justice Burger test for obscenity

Miller test

200

Supreme Court that the right to bear arms was an individual right in this case

DC v. Heller

200

Public libraries were required to take this action to guarantee federal funding for the internet based upon U. S. v. American Library Association

Filters on computers

300

Justice who wrote "You cannot falsely yell fire in a crowded theatre"

Oliver Wendell Holmes

300

Standard for winning a libel suit against a public official by proving a "reckless disregard for the truth"

Actual malice

300

19th century test where obscenity was defined as "material that affects a susceptible person"

Hicklin test

300

Nationalization of the Second Amendment upon the states occurred in this dispute

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

300

The standard established in Gertz v. Welch for private persons to win compensatory damages in a libel case

Negligence

400

Case where five communists were arrested under the Smith Act of 1940

Dennis v. United States
400

German immigrant prosecuted for libel in 1735 for using his printing press to criticize government officials in NY

John Peter Zenger

400

Justice who stated about obscenity in Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964) that "I know it when I see it"

Justice Potter Stewart

400

These were made more accessible in NY State Rifle and Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen (2021)

conceal and carry permits

400

Law struck down in NYT v. Sullivan that punished persons who criticized government officials

Alien and Sedition Act of 1971

500

Test created by Judge Learned Hand

clear and probable danger test

500

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association concerned this controversial topic

Minors and violence/sexually explicit video games

500

Law involved in Reno v. ACLU

Communications Decency Act

500

Persons found by the court to be involved in this crime cannot possess a firearm according to U. S. v. Rahimi (2024)

Domestic violence/restraining order

500

Collins and Skover state broad protection for commercial speech has replaced "citizen democracy" with this type of democracy

Consumer democracy

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