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Engel v. Vitale (1962) ANS -Government-directed prayer in public schools violates the ESTABLISHMENT
CLAUSE of the First Amendment, even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and students may
remain silent or be excused from the classroom during its recitation.
NY Times v. US (1971) ANS -The court upheld the First Amendment/Freedom of the Press rights of the
New York Times and Washington Post to print the Pentagon Papers, without risk of government
censorship (prior restraint) or punishment. Nixon argued that it was threat to national security when in
reality he just didn't want to be exposed
-free speech clause, freedom of press
Schenck v. US (1919) ANS -The defendant, who handed out circulars against war and urged for peaceful
action, such as petitioning and the repeal the Conscription Act, was charged with conspiracy to violate
the Espionage Act. Authorities argued that he was attempting to cause insubordination in the military
and to obstruct recruitment.
During wartime, utterances tolerable in peacetime can be punished because they represent a "clear and
present danger" to national security.
-free speech clause
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) ANS -Students in an Iowa school were suspended for wearing black
armbands to protest the Vietnam war. The Court ruled that this suspension was unconstitutional, and
that public school students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door." Public
school students may engage in symbolic speech, as protected by the First Amendment, when such
display does not disrupt classes.
-free speech clause
U.S. v. Lopez (1995) ANS -Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress's authority to regulate
interstate commerce. The first case to begin reigning in Congress's authority under the Commerce
Clause.
-Commerce clause (Article I section 8)
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