Key Facts
- Year Decided
- 1971
- Vote
- 6-3
- Category
- Free Speech
Summary
The government cannot prevent newspapers from publishing the Pentagon Papers.
Landmark press freedom case.
Related Cases (Free Speech)
Schenck v. United States
1919Vote: 9-0
Established the "clear and present danger" test for limiting free speech.
Tinker v. Des Moines
1969Vote: 7-2
Students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate."
Texas v. Johnson
1989Vote: 5-4
Burning the American flag is protected symbolic speech.
Citizens United v. FEC
2010Vote: 5-4
Corporations and unions have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited money on political ads.