Court Cases: 1st Amendment

What court case prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayers in schools?

• Bake v. Carr (1962)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Abbington v. Schempp (1963)

• Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

What court case determined that the 1st Amendment protected campaign spending; allowed PAC to spend unlimited amounts of money for campaigning as long as its broad not one campaign?

• Clinton v. NY (1998)

• Abbington v. Schempp (1963)

• Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

• Texas v. Johnson (1989)

What court case struck down a federal ban on virtual child pornography?

• Ashcroft v. ACLU (2002)

• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)

• Texas v. Johnson (1989)

• Roth v. US (1957)

What court case prohibited devotional Bible reading in public schools?

• Bake v. Carr (1962)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

• Abbington v. Schempp (1963)

What court case allowed for public money to be used to send disadvantage children to religious schools in tuition voucher programs?

• Wesberry v. Sanders (1963)

• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)

• Schenck v. US (1919)

• Texas v. Johnson (1989)

What did Texas v. Johnson (1989) court case determined?

• Public money can be used to send disadvantage children to religious schools in tuition voucher programs.

• Established that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.

• Prohibited stated-sponsored recitation of prayer in schools.

• Struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech.

What did the Schenck v. US (1919) court case determined?

• Allowed limits on speech during clear and present danger test.

• Held that statements about public figures are libelous only if made with malic and reckless disregard for the truth

• Struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech.

• Public money can be used to send disadvantage children to religious schools in tuition voucher programs.

What did the Roth v. US (1957) court case determined?

• Established that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.

• Struck down a federal ban on virtual child pornography.

• Prohibited devotional Bible reading in public schools.

• Held that statements about public figures are libelous only if made with malic and reckless disregard for the truth.

What did the NY Times v. Sullivan (1964) court case determined?

• Struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech.

• Established that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.

• Held that statements about public figures are libelous only if made with malic and reckless disregard for the truth.

• Allowed limits on speech during clear and present danger test.

What court case determined that the 1st Amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint?

• McCulloch v. Maryand (1819)

• Near v. Minnesota (1931)

• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)

• Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)