1st Amendment Freedoms
This amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
The 1st Amendment
This case established the "clear and present danger" test.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This clause of the 14th Amendment is used to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.
What is the Due Process Clause?
Name the two principles that the government cannot establish a religion or hinder the free exercise of religion.
Free Exercise & Establishment Clause
This case ruled that students don't lose their free speech rights at school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This case used the Due Process Clause to apply the right to an attorney to the states.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This term means the government can't stop you from speaking before you actually say something.
What is prior restraint?
This case dealt with political campaign spending and ruled that spending money on your campaign is a form of protected speech.
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?
True or False: Selective incorporation is mentioned directly in the Constitution.
False, it was developed by the Supreme Court through the interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
Speech that presents this kind of danger is not protected under the First Amendment.
What is a "clear and present danger?"
This case held that the federal government couldn't stop a newspaper from publishing classified materials, reinforcing freedom of the press.
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
Name 2 Supreme Court cases where the Bill of Rights was applied to the states through selective incorporation.
Gideon v. Wainwright and McDonald v. Chicago
The First Amendment applies to state governments because of this legal principle.
What is selective incorporation?
This case prohibited mandatory prayer in public schools, enforcing the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
What is the main purpose of selective incorporation?
To ensure individual rights are protected from state laws that may violate the Constitution.