Speech, press, religion

constitutional rights · civil rights · privacy

This cluster centers on First Amendment speech, press, assembly, and religion cases. Statutory membership is thin, so constitutional and keyword matching provide the main case population.

Informational only -- not legal advice. Verify every section against the official source linked from each hosted page.

The governing law

U.S. Constitution

Representative cases

  1. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234 matched by keyword "free speech"; cited by 339 cases
  2. Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc., 551 U.S. 587 matched by keyword "religion"; cited by 165 cases
  3. Committee for the First Amendment v. Campbell, 962 F.2d 1517 matched by keyword "first amendment"; cited by 128 cases
  4. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v Zielke, 845 F.2d 1463 matched by keyword "religion"; cited by 73 cases
  5. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. City of Marshfield, 203 F.3d 487 matched by keyword "religion"; cited by 57 cases
  6. Free Speech Coalition v. Reno, 198 F.3d 1083 matched by keyword "free speech"; cited by 44 cases
  7. California First Amendment Coalition v. Woodford, 299 F.3d 868 matched by keyword "first amendment"; cited by 31 cases
  8. Information Providers' Coalition for Defense of the First Amendment v. Federal Communications Commission, 928 F.2d 866 matched by keyword "first amendment"; cited by 31 cases
  9. Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Attorney General of the United States, 677 F.3d 519 matched by keyword "free speech"; cited by 30 cases
  10. First Amendment Coalition v. Judicial Inquiry & Review Board, 784 F.2d 467 matched by keyword "first amendment"; cited by 29 cases

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