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Expression Confined: Cases on Freedom of Speech

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US Significant Decisions

Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919)

Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)

Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 62 (1925)

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942)

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969)

Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)

Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982)

Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986)

Hazelwood Schol District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)

McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334 (1995)

Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, 540 U.S. 93 (2003)

Ashcroft v. ACLU, 542 U.S. 656 (2004)

Morse v. Frederick, 551 U.S. 393 (2007)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. __ (2010)