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| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) |
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| "Fighting words" are not protected by the first amendment. |
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| Schenck v. United States (1919) |
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| Speech may be punished if it creates a clear and present danger test of illegal acts. |
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| New York Times v Sullivan |
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| To libel a public figure, there must be "actual malice" |
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| Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) |
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| Public school students may wear armbands to class protesting against America's war in Vietnam when such display does not disrupt classes. |
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| Miller v. California (1973) |
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| Obscenity defined as appealing to prurient interest of an average person with materials that lack literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. |
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| There may not be a law to ban flag-burning. |
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