Influential Supreme Court Cases for First Amendment Rights

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Influential Supreme Court Cases for First Amendment Rights
Prior civil rights legal cases influenced the Supreme Court decision and the “Tinker Standard” for First Amendment rights.
Additional resources, including the an audio recording of the U.S. Supreme Court opening arguments for the Tinker Case and the text of the Court’s case decision, are available on the Iowa PBS 50th Anniversary of the Tinker v. Des Moines Schools Decision and Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech: The Tinker Case websites.