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1798 Sedition Act
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makes it a crime to criticize the gov. in speech or writin. The law is not renewed after the election of 1800.
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Eleven American Communists
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1951 are convicted of sedition for advocating the overthrow of the government. Supreme Court decides that the first amendment does not protect them in Dennis v. US
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1971 US v. NY Times
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nyt published pentagon papers about v. war. The SC upholds the paper's right to do so.
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1919 Schneck v. US
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sc rules that sending written material to draftees urging them to resist the draft is unlawful because it creates "clear and present danger" to national security
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1969 Tinker v. Des Moines
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1st amendment protects students who wear armbands in school to protest the vietnam war
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Texas v. johnson
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the burning of an american flag is protected by 1st amendment 1989
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