1st amendments court rulings

Engel v. Vitale

The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.

Oregon v. Smith

Banned the use of illegal drugs in religious use. Ruled that the government can act when religious practices violate criminal laws.

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Amish children have to go to school up to 16---they may stop after the 8th grade

Goldman v. Weinberger

Air Force regulations prohibiting Simcha Goldman from wearing a yarmulke while in uniform did not violate Goldman's First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion.

Wooley v. Maynard

Protects Freedom from coercion in the case of a "Live Free or Die" license plate

West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette

students can not be forced to salute the flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance

symbolic speech

burning of the flag

commercial speech

truth in advertising, persuasive to consumer, for profit

libel

written or published untruthful statement

Slander

a spoken untruthful statement

Freedom of speech is limited when...

there is libel and slander, there is clear present danger

Establishment Clause

the right to freely exercise one's religion.

freedom of press

right to publish info for the public- gov cannot control what is printed in newspapers, books, pamphlets etc

Freedom of assembly

gov cannot prohibit citzens from gathering together and expressing their ideas. Examples-protesting

Freedom of Petition

People have the right to appeal to the gov in favor of or against policies that affect them or in which they feel strongly.

Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)

gives Congress the power to do whatever it deems necessary and constitutional to meet its enumerated obligations; the basis for the implied powers.(powers not directly stated in the constitution