1st Amendment Cases & Terms

A state cannot make you use your private

property as a “mobile billboard”

• Engel v. Vitale, 1962

• Thornhill v. Alabama, 1940

• Westside Community Schools v. Mergens,1990

• Wooley v. Maynard, 1976

• United States v. O’Brian, 1971

State employees, particularly teachers, may

not lead prayers in class.

• Engel v. Vitale, 1962

• Thornhill v. Alabama, 1940

• Westside Community Schools v. Mergens,1990

• Wooley v. Maynard, 1976

• United States v. O’Brian, 1971

Students have the right to form religious

groups at schools

• Engel v. Vitale, 1962

• Thornhill v. Alabama, 1940

• Westside Community Schools v. Mergens,1990

• Wooley v. Maynard, 1976

• United States v. O’Brian, 1971

Picketing is constitutional

• Engel v. Vitale, 1962

• Thornhill v. Alabama, 1940

• Westside Community Schools v. Mergens,1990

• Wooley v. Maynard, 1976

• United States v. O’Brian, 1971

Made it illegal to burn a draft card

• Engel v. Vitale, 1962

• Thornhill v. Alabama, 1940

• Westside Community Schools v. Mergens,1990

• Wooley v. Maynard, 1976

• United States v. O’Brian, 1971

________ a crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force,

• Prior Restraint

• Shield Laws

• Civil Liberties

• Sedition

• Civil Rights

____________ freedom to meet with others to promote political, economic & other social causes.

• Prior Restraint

• Right of Association

• Civil Liberties

• Sedition

• Civil Rights

____________ gives reporters some protection against disclosing their sources or confidential information in legal proceedings.

• Prior Restraint

• Right of Association

• Shield Laws

• Sedition

• Civil Rights

____________ protections against the government.

• Civil Liberties

• Right of Association

• Shield Laws

• Sedition

• Civil Rights

The government can’t curb ideas before they are expressed

• Civil Liberties

• Right of Association

• Prior Restraint

• Shield Laws

• Civil Rights