4th pd--Freedom of Speech Cases by Elizabeth Chapman https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf Summarize your case and the court's ruling en-us 2021-04-07 12:47:54 UTC 2021-08-27 20:48:34 UTC hello@padlet.com http://blog.hiddenharmonies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Freedom-of-Speech-300x224.jpg Issue https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421304150 - Does a law banning the burning of the flag violate the First Amendment?]]> 2021-04-15 14:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421304150 Case https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421305684 Virginia Law:  If you intend to burn a cross, it is assumed that you did so with the intent to intimidate.
-1952 VA banned all cross burning on other people's property
-1968 Law expanded to all public places
-1998 teens attempted to burn a cross of an African American's property as revenge, pled guilty
-1998 KKK burned a cross on private property and was arrested
Court Ruling:  In favor of KKK, you cannot broadband burning as a form of intimidation.  It is viewed as an expressive speech and cannot be restricted unless there is proof of a threat.]]> 2021-04-15 14:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421305684 Issue https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421324577 Does the Virginia law that explicitly criminalizes the burning of a cross on public or private property violate the First Amendment?]]> 2021-04-15 14:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421324577 Case https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421358972 - Gregory Lee Johnson burned a American flag in a town hall in Texas during a demonstration.
- No injuries or threats of injury occurred. 
- Johnson was arrested and charged with violating a Texas state law. ]]> 2021-04-15 14:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421358972 Final Ruling https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421377357 Gregory Lee Johnson won the case because it is a protected form of speech under the First Amendment.]]> 2021-04-15 14:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421377357 Case https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421383738
  • Not directed at anyone in particular
  • Not government property such as license plates
  • Never said it was about Asians or anyone with those type of features until the USPTO brought it up in the first place
  • Never intended in a bad way and he is Asian-American himself
  • No one was offended by the name



Final Decision: Court ruled in favor of the band they are able to get a trademark for the name "The Slants" because it is private speech and private speech is protected.
]]> 2021-04-15 14:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421383738 Issue https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421384406 Does the section of federal law that requires the federal government to refuse to register "disparaging" trademarks violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?]]> 2021-04-15 14:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421384406 Case https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421508120 Virginia Law:  If you intend to burn a cross, it is assumed that you did so with the intent to intimidate.
-1952 VA banned all cross burning on other people's property
-1968 Law expanded to all public places
-1998 teens attempted to burn a cross of an African American's property as revenge, pled guilty
-1998 KKK burned a cross on private property and was arrested
Court Ruling:  In favor of KKK, you cannot broadband burning as a form of intimidation.  It is viewed as an expressive speech and cannot be restricted unless there is proof of a threat.]]> 2021-04-15 15:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/a5fl6xr90kyz2fmf/wish/1421508120