Tinker v. Des Moines
Schenck v. U.S.
Citizens United v. FEC
NY Times v. U.S.
Symbolic Speech
100

In this landmark SCOTUS case, students were allowed to wear armbands in protest of the Vietnam War citing this Constitutional Amendment

First Amendment

100

In Schenck v. U.S., the SCOTUS ruled that the government could limit speech if it presented this.

Clear and Present Danger

100

This case removed limits on corporate spending in political campaigns.

Citizens United v. FEC

100

The NY Times v. U.S. involved this war.

Vietnam War

100

This is the term used to describe actions that purposefully and discernibly convey a particular message or statement to those viewing it.

Symbolic Speech

200

The Tinker decision upheld this feature of the First Amendment

Free Speech

200

This type of speech is not protected by the First Amendment.

Unprotected.

200

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) is also known by this name.

McCain-Feingold Act

200

In the NY Times v. U.S., the SCOTUS upheld this feature of the first amendment.

Freedom of Press

200

This type of speech is the communication of ideas through spoken or written words or through conduct limited in form to that necessarily to convey the idea. 

Pure speech

300

In Tinker, the SCOTUS ruled that students do not shed their constitutional rights when they enter this institution.

Schools

300

The issue in this case asked if under this, Schenck's conviction for criticizing the draft violated his First Amendment free speech rights.

the Espionage Act
300

Citizens United v. FEC centered around this type of group.

Corporations

300

The whistleblower in this case who was disillusioned by the U.S.'s continued role in Vietnam War.

Daniel Ellsberg

300

The 1969 Supreme Court case upheld the right of students to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War as a form of symbolic speech. 

Tinker v. Des Moines SD

400

Tinker involved this specific type of symbolic speech.

Armbands

400

This type of speech is considered to have the highest level of protection under the First Amendment.

Political 

400

Citizens United was decided in this year.

2010

400

An argument made by the New York Times Co. stated this in the government is fundamentally anti-democratic, perpetuating government misdeeds or errors.

Secrecy

400

The 1989 SCOTUS case struck down a federal law that prohibited flag burning as a form of symbolic speech. 

Texas v. Johnson

500

Tinker v. Des Moines involved this amendment in addition to the First Amendment.

Fourteenth Amendment

500

The Schenck decision is often cited as the basis for this type of speech restriction.

Prior Restraint

500

Citizens United v. FEC allowed for the creation of these political organizations.

Super PACs

500

The Supreme Court ruled, 6−3, for who?

The newspapars

500

This four-part test is used by the SCOTUS to determine whether a government regulation of symbolic speech is constitutional.

 O'Brien test.

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