https://padlet.com/haddiee515/9iuamyh8ll6c Made with Justice en-us 2019-04-04 18:17:43 UTC 2026-02-07 06:12:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png haddiee515 https://padlet.com/haddiee515/9iuamyh8ll6c/wish/356349022 Barry Black, Richard Elliott, and Jonathan O'Mara were convicted separately of violating a Virginia statute that makes it a felony any such burning shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to intimidate a person or group. At trial, Black testified on First Amendment grounds could be inferred. He was found guilty. O'Mara pleaded guilty to charges of violating the statute. In Elliott's trial, the judge did not give an instruction on the statute's prima facie evidence provision.

decision: 7-2 Virginia ]]> 2019-05-02 18:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/haddiee515/9iuamyh8ll6c/wish/356349022 haddiee515 https://padlet.com/haddiee515/9iuamyh8ll6c/wish/356350429 Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000, requiring public libraries to install internet filtering software on their computers in order to qualify for federal funding. The American Library Association challenged the laws. Saying that improperly required them to restrict the First Amendment rights of their patrons. 

decision: 6-3 United States]]> 2019-05-02 18:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/haddiee515/9iuamyh8ll6c/wish/356350429 haddiee515 https://padlet.com/haddiee515/9iuamyh8ll6c/wish/356351600 At a school-supervised event, Joseph Frederick held up a banner with the message "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," a slang reference to marijuana smoking. Principal Deborah Morse took away the banner and suspended Frederick for ten days. It went against the school's policy against the display of material that promotes the use of illegal drugs. Frederick sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the federal civil rights statute, alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. 

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