Is it protected
In the United States, this kind of offensive expression, often targeting race, religion, or identity, is constitutionally protected unless it directly incites violence.
Hate speech
Popular early American protest where protestors tossed British Tea into the ocean.
Boston Tea Party
In this 1972 case, the Supreme Court said a reporter must testify their sources despite his "reporter rights"
Branzburg v. Hayes
The president who passed an executive order to ban flag burning despite the supreme court case making it legal
Donald Trump
In which country can people get in trouble for speaking against the Communist Party?
China
Speech urging people to commit immediate crimes or violence can be banned under this standard set in Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
Incitement
Famous anti segregation protestor who refused to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus.
Rosa Parks
In this 1971 case, the Court ruled newspapers could publish the Pentagon Papers despite government objections.
New York Times v. United States?
The President who signed the Stolen Valor Act, an act which banned false claims of military honors.
George W. Bush
In which North American country did the government repeal a law in 2013 banning online hate speech?
Canada
Telling someone you will harm them, or burning a cross in a family’s yard to intimidate them, is not protected because it is this.
True threat
In 2011, this protest movement began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, with demonstrators using the slogan “We are the 99%.”
Occupy Wall Street
In this 1989 case, the Court ruled that burning the U.S. flag is protected speech under the First Amendment.
Texas v. Johnson?
The president who signed an order to shut down a railroad strike near Christmas, and forced the union to work.
Joe Biden
Which Western European country ended its blasphemy laws against insulting Christianity in 2008?
The U.K
The Miller test is used to judge if something is this.
Obscene
This NFL quarterback kneeled during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality, sparking nationwide debate and protest.
Colin Kaepernick
In this 1919 case, the Court said speech creating a “clear and present danger” (like shouting “fire” in a theater) could be restricted.
Schenck v. United States?
The president who signed the Smith Act, which banned advocating the violent overthrow of the government, was later used to target communists during the Cold War.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This large democracy suspended its colonial-era sedition law in 2022 after it was used for years to silence critics of the government.
India
In Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), the Court ruled that words which “by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace” are unprotected. What's this called?
Fighting Words
In 1913, this massive march in Washington, D.C., the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration demanding what.
Women's right to vote
In this 1969 case, the Court set the modern standard for incitement, protecting speech unless it is likely to cause “imminent lawless action.”
Brandenburg v. Ohio?
The president who signed the Alien and Sedition Acts, an act which banned malicious criticism of the government.
John Adams
This European country dropped its “insulting foreign leaders” law in 2017 after Turkey’s president tried to use it against a comedian.
Germany