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Broadcast Decency
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Bell RingerUnprotected Speech: Obscenity
Obscene content falls in the category of speech unprotected by First Amendment guarantees. Over the 20th…
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Bell RingerUnprotected Speech: Defamation (Libel and Slander)
While speech enjoys broad First Amendment protections in the United States, it is not an unlimited…
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Bell RingerTime-Place-Manner Restrictions
While free speech, assembly, and petition are protected under the First Amendment, the Supreme Court has…
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Bell RingerSymbolic Speech
Symbolic speech, defined as expression by conduct rather than words, has come before the United States…
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Video ClipRecent Actions of the Supreme Court and Upcoming Cases
Reuters Supreme Court Correspondent Lawrence Hurley discussed the Supreme Court’s actions on the…
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Bell RingerFreedom of Assembly and Petition
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no…
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Bell RingerFreedom of Speech
The First Amendment guarantees that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech."…
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Bell RingerWest Virginia v. Barnette and Religious Liberties
In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette case…
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Lesson PlanThe Impact of Citizens United v. FEC
In 2010, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission…
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Video ClipFormer Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) on the Effects of Citizens United on the Senate
Former Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) discussed the impact that the Citizens United v. FEC has had on…
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Bell RingerThe Establishment Clause
The First Amendment begins "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."…
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Bell RingerPoll Taxes
Poll taxes, along with literacy tests and grandfather clauses, were structural barriers to voting…
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Bell RingerGrandfather Clauses in the Jim Crow South
Grandfather Clauses were a structural barrier to voting imposed by several states during the Jim Crow…
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Lesson Plan2018-2019 Supreme Court Oral Arguments
The Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution. Its rulings on cases determine the…
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Video ClipChief Justice Roberts on the Role of the Supreme Court
At an event at University of Minnesota Law School, Chief Justice John Roberts responded to an audience…
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Bell RingerThe Necessary and Proper Clause
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution begins "The Congress shall have Power To" and goes on to…
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Bell RingerThe Chevron Doctrine
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed the legal precedent commonly referred to…
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Bell RingerRetired Justice John Paul Stevens on the Bush v. Gore Decision
Speaking to a crowd in Boca Raton, Florida, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke…
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Bell RingerShelby County v Holder (2013)
Emory University Professor Carol Anderson chronicled the events leading up to the 2013 Supreme Court…
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