6th pd--Freedom of Speech Cases by Elizabeth Chapman https://padlet.com/echapman37/ef0k18m5ecq14b40 Summarize your case and the court's ruling en-us 2021-04-07 12:51:04 UTC 2021-08-27 20:15:00 UTC hello@padlet.com http://blog.hiddenharmonies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Freedom-of-Speech-300x224.jpg Does a law banning the burning of the flag violate the first amendment? 21kjm001 https://padlet.com/echapman37/ef0k18m5ecq14b40/wish/1421763886
  • The demonstration was opposed to nuclear weapons
  • The people got to the point to where they started to burn the american flag
  • No injuries or threats happened during demonstration
  • Texas has a state law that banned the destruction of the American flag
  • Johnson was arrested for burning the flag but said his first amendment right was being infringed upon
    • The court ruled for Johnson and burning the flag is a protected speech
    ]]>     2021-04-15 15:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/ef0k18m5ecq14b40/wish/1421763886     https://padlet.com/echapman37/ef0k18m5ecq14b40/wish/1421772872 Does the Virginia law that explicitly criminalize the burning of a cross on public or private property violate the First Amendment.
    •  Teenage boys got drunk and put a cross on neighbors private property and attempted to burn it. (may 1998)
    • Neighbor called police, was fearful and moved away
    • KKK held a cross burning at rally on their own private property (August 1998)
      • The cross was visible to nearby homes and state highway
      • Black the KKK clans member was arrested for intimidation with burning the cross, and found guilty by jury.
    Court ruled in favor of being able to burn a cross is protected speech.

    ]]>     2021-04-15 15:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/echapman37/ef0k18m5ecq14b40/wish/1421772872     Does the section of federal law that requires the federal government to refuse to register "disparaging" trademarks violate the first amendment guarantee of free speech? 21adc001 https://padlet.com/echapman37/ef0k18m5ecq14b40/wish/1421783035
  • A band is trying to get the trademark name of "The Slants" and the USPTO does not want to give them a trademark. 
  • The reason they don't want it give the trademark is because it disparages the Asian Americans.
  • Simon Tam thinks that the law that requires the USPTO to refuse his trademark is unconstitutional.
  • The federal government appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. 
  • The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the band and allowed them to get the trademark. They said since it is just offensive that does not mean the government can stop them from using it.
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