2017 Free Expression Awards Ceremony
The Newseum presented its annual awards at a ceremony recognizing those who have promoted free expression in areas of…
Mary Beth Tinker talks about her participation in wearing a black armband to school in protest of the Vietnam War. She refused to remove it… read more
Mary Beth Tinker talks about her participation in wearing a black armband to school in protest of the Vietnam War. She refused to remove it and was suspended. She challenged her school suspension arguing it violated her right to freedom of speech and expression. While she lost in the lower courts, she prevailed before the Supreme Court. close
The Newseum presented its annual awards at a ceremony recognizing those who have promoted free expression in areas of…
Beverly Gage and Thomas Goldstein talked about the 1919 Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States, in which the court unanimously…
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which concerns whether Colorado’s…
C-SPAN captured sights an sounds from outside the Supreme Court as justices hear oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop v.…