Case Categories: Government Speech Doctrine

• Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association (2005)

  In Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association (2005), the Court, using the government speech doctrine, rejected a First Amendment challenge to a compelled...

• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez (2001)

  Legal Services Corp. v Velazquez (2001) said a prohibition on using federal funds designated for indigent legal services to challenge welfare law violated the...

• Pleasant Grove v. Summum (2009)

  Pleasant Grove v. Summum (2009) determined a city could refuse to place a monument in a public park because it was a form of government speech immune from First...

• Rust v. Sullivan (1991)

  In a First Amendment case, Rust v. Sullivan (1991) upheld regulations prohibiting doctors receiving federal funding from providing information on abortion...

• Shurtleff v. Boston (2022)

  The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 in Shurtleff v. Boston determined that, in this instance, flying a Christian flag on a city flagpole at the request of a...