In the Cantwell v. Connecticut case, Newton Cantwell and his two sons, Jesse and Russell,
were convicted of two crimes that breached the Connecticut state law. The Cantwells were
members of the Jehovah’s witnesses and claimed to be ordained ministers, due to their religious
practices they believed that it was their duty to carry their messages to others. In order to spread
their message, they carried along religious materials such as pamphlets, records, books, and also
had a record player that played a recording called “Enemies”, which expressed Anti-Catholicism.
The initial issue in this situation is the neighborhood the Cantwells were promoting their
religion, Cassius Street of New Haven, is a heavily populated with Roman Catholics. Jesse
Cantwell…