Freedom of Speech

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

pressure group which provides legal assistance when civil liberties are at risk

Cases ACLU has supported

NAACP’s challenge of school segregation in schools

Roe v Wade 1973

supports the American Nazi’s and Ku Klux Klan’s right to express free speech

Minnesota voters Alliance v. Mansky (2018)

the court ruled a Minnesota law prohibiting political apparel at polling places violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

the court ruled the New Hampshire law was constitutional establishing the ‘fighting words doctrine’

fighting words doctrine

held that speech which incited violence was not protected under the constitution