Who won Hill V?
Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court decision. The Court ruled 6–3 that the First Amendment right to free speech was not violated by a Colorado law limiting protest, education, distribution of literature, or counseling within eight feet of a person entering a healthcare facility.
What was the ruling in McCullen v Coakley?
Coakley (2014) All nine U.S. Supreme Court justices agreed in McCullen v. Coakley, 573 U.S. ____ (2014) that a Massachusetts law prohibiting individuals from standing in a public sidewalk within 35 feet of an abortion facility was unconstitutional.
How did Hill v Colorado affect the rights of demonstrators?
Colorado (2000) The Supreme Court in Hill v. Colorado (2000) upheld a 1993 state statute regulating protestors outside health facilities because it did not regulate speech, but rather only regulated where some speech may occur.
Why is the Supreme Court’s decision in Beauharnais v Illinois significance?
Illinois (1952) Beauharnais v. Illinois, 343 U.S. 250 (1952), remains the central precedent for the constitutionality of state group libel laws, but the decision by the Supreme Court was so divided (5-4) and the subsequent precedents so powerful that the decision may retain little if any force.
What justice wrote a remarkably angry concurrence in McCullen v Coakley?
In his opinion concurring in the judgment, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the law is content-based and therefore must be examined under strict scrutiny. A blanket prohibition of speech in areas where only one type of politically charged speech is likely to occur cannot be content-neutral.
What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Times Co v Sullivan affect freedom of the press?
Summary. This lesson focuses on the 1964 landmark freedom of the press case New York Times v. Sullivan. The Court held that the First Amendment protects newspapers even when they print false statements, as long as the newspapers did not act with “actual malice.”
What happened in the terminiello case?
In Terminiello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949), the Supreme Court overturned on First Amendment grounds a disorderly conduct conviction against a suspended Catholic priest for making inflammatory public comments.
Who is McCullen?
McCullen, a lifelong Catholic and pro-life activist, was lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case McCullen v. Coakley. In that case, which was adjudicated in June 2014, the Supreme Court made a unanimous decision that struck down a Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone statute on First Amendment grounds.
What happened in Bigelow v Virginia?
In Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975), the Supreme Court established that at least some commercial advertising should receive First Amendment protection, thereby laying the groundwork for its ruling the next year in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.