AP U.S. Government and Politics / Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
3.3 First Amendment: Freedom of Speech
Notes
- Protected: political speech, symbolic speech (Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969: armbands in school).
- Limits: speech that creates a "clear and present danger" (Schenck v. US, 1919), incitement, true threats, obscenity, defamation.
Practice
Tinker v. Des Moines protected:
Symbolic speech in school.
Schenck v. United States created the test of:
Limits on speech.
Burning a flag in protest is:
Texas v. Johnson.
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