Key Facts
- Year Decided
- 1919
- Vote
- 9-0
- Category
- Free Speech
Summary
Established the "clear and present danger" test for limiting free speech.
First major case defining the limits of the First Amendment.
Related Cases (Free Speech)
Tinker v. Des Moines
1969Vote: 7-2
Students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate."
New York Times Co. v. United States
1971Vote: 6-3
The government cannot prevent newspapers from publishing the Pentagon Papers.
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.