https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/freedom-of-speech/
Dec 20, 2025 - Freedom of speech is the most readily recognized of the five freedoms in the First Amendment. It protects us from government limits on our speech.
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/american-civil-liberties-union/
Jul 5, 2024 - The American Civil Liberties Union states as its mission the protection and preservation of First Amendment rights, equal protection under the law, and the...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/overbreadth/
Jun 16, 2025 - Overbreadth provides that a regulation of speech can sweep too broadly and prohibit speech protected by the First Amendment as well as non-protected speech.
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/content-neutral/
Jul 2, 2024 - In First Amendment free speech cases, laws that are content neutral apply to all expression without regard to any particular message or substance.
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-stevens/
Jan 6, 2025 - In 2010, the Supreme Court overturned a federal law that made it a crime to create, sell or distribute images depicting animal cruelty for commercial purposes....
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/internet/
Jun 30, 2025 - The Court faces challenges in dealing with regulation of online speech because of the internet's unique ability to spread information quickly and widely.
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/chilling-effect/
Jun 2, 2025 - The chilling effect doctrine is the concept of deterring First Amendment free speech and association rights through laws or regulations that appear to target...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/john-paul-stevens/
Jan 6, 2025 - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens contributed mightily to First Amendment jurisprudence and seemingly became more speech-protective in his later years on...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/child-pornography/
Jan 3, 2025 - The Supreme Court has ruled some laws outlawing child pornography and children’s access to obscene materials were too broad and infringed upon First...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/community-standards/
Jul 5, 2024 - In 1973, the Supreme Court said that community standards must be taken into account in determining whether something was obscene or could be protected by the...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/stephen-breyer/
Jul 2, 2024 - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer generally decides First Amendment cases pragmatically rather than on the basis of rigid ideology, making his votes more...
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