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The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Presented by the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies
Case Categories: Vietnam War
- Bond v. Floyd (1966)
Bond v. Floyd (1966) held that legislators do not forfeit their right to speak on public issues, reaffirming that the First Amendment protects controversial...
- New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), also called the "Pentagon Papers" case, defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by...
- Watts v. United States (1969)
In 1969, the Supreme Court determined that the First Amendment does not protect true threats but that a threat made against President Lyndon B. Johnson by an...
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