List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment explained
This is a list of cases that appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States involving the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The establishment of religion
Blue laws
See main article: Blue laws in the United States.
Government aid to church-related schools
- Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education,
- Everson v. Board of Education,
- Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen,
- Lemon v. Kurtzman,
- Tilton v. Richardson,
- Lemon v. Kurtzman II,
- Levitt v. Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty,
- Hunt v. McNair,
- Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist,
- Sloan v. Lemon,
- Wheeler v. Barrera,
- Public Funds for Public Schools v. Marburger (1974)
- Meek v. Pittenger,
- Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland,
- Wolman v. Walter,
- New York v. Cathedral Academy,
- Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan,
- Mueller v. Allen,
- School Dist. of Grand Rapids v. Ball,
- Aguilar v. Felton,
- Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind,
- Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District,
- Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet,
- Agostini v. Felton,
- Mitchell v. Helms,
- Zelman v. Simmons-Harris,
- Locke v. Davey,
- Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn,
- Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue[1] ,
Government-sponsored religious displays
Legislative prayer
Internal religious affairs (also involving the Free Exercise Clause)
Ministerial exception
Private religious speech
Religion in public schools
- McCollum v. Board of Education,
- Zorach v. Clauson,
- Engel v. Vitale,
- Abington School District v. Schempp,
- Epperson v. Arkansas,
- Stone v. Graham,
- Wallace v. Jaffree,
- Edwards v. Aguillard,
- Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens,
- Lee v. Weisman,
- Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe,
- Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow,
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School District,
Religious institution functioning as a government agency
Standing to sue
Statutory religious exemptions
Unequal government treatment of different religious groups
Abortion and contraception
Other
The free exercise of religion
Exclusion of religion from public benefits
Polygamy
See main article: List of polygamy court cases.
Free exercise and eminent domain
Free exercise and free speech
Free exercise and public education
Free exercise and public property
- Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995)
Internal religious affairs (also involving the Establishment Clause)
Ministerial exception
Religion and the right to work
Religious tests for public service or benefits
Ritual sacrifice of animals
Solicitation by religious groups
Statutory religious exemptions
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
See main article: Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
See main article: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Other
- Sause v. Bauer,
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo (2020)
- Tandon v. Newsom (2021)
Freedom of speech
Campaign finance
- Buckley v. Valeo,
- First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti,
- California Medical Association v. FEC,
- Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley,
- FEC v. National Right to Work Committee,
- FEC v. National Conservative PAC,
- FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life,
- Eu v. S.F. Cty. Democratic Cent. Comm.,
- Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce,
- Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. FEC,
- Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC,
- FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee,
- Republican Party of Minnesota v. White,
- FEC v. Beaumont,
- McConnell v. FEC,
- Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. FEC,
- Randall v. Sorrell,
- FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.,
- Davis v. FEC,
- Citizens United v. FEC,
- Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett,
- American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock,
- McCutcheon v. FEC,
- Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar,
- Thompson v. Hebdon,
- FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate,
Commercial speech
Compelled commercial speech
Compelled subsidy for speech of others
Cases that consider the First Amendment implications of payments mandated by the state going to use in part for speech by third parties
Loyalty oaths and affirmations
Content-based
Content-neutral
Sedition and imminent danger
False speech
Fighting words and the heckler's veto
Freedom of assembly and public forums
Time, place and manner
Cases concerning restrictions on the time, place, and manner of speech
Government speech
Cases pertaining to whether or not extending protections to speech constitutes government endorsement of speech.
Government-subsidized speech
Cases about restrictions on speech by third parties funded by the government.
Obscenity
Generally
Cases concerned with the definition of obscenity and whether a particular work or type of material is obscene.
As criminal offense
Appeals of criminal convictions for possessing, selling or distributing obscenity that focused on that issue
Search, seizure and forfeiture
Cases involving the search and seizure of allegedly obscene material
Civil and administrative regulation
Cases dealing with civil and administrative regulatory procedures aimed at suppressing or restricting obscenity, such as film-licensing boards or zoning regulations.
Internet
Cases involving laws meant to restrict obscenity online
Public employees
Public school students
Speech by students in public secondary schools
Retaliation by public officials
Cases in which it has been alleged governmental officials retaliated for protected speech made by private citizens who are not employed by said officials.
Symbolic speech
Freedom of the press
Broadcast media
Defamation
Prior restraints and censorship
Privacy
Search and seizure
Taxation and privileges
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of association
Freedom to petition
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue . 2024-08-18 . Oyez . en.