1st Amendment facts

While investigating facts about 1st Amendment, I found out little known, but curios details like:

The famous author Upton Sinclair was arrested for reading the 1st Amendment in public during a Union meeting supporting strikers. The arresting officer remarked, “We’ll have none of that Constitution stuff.”

The "Tinker" supreme court case. In 1965 as a Vietnam War protest 3 kids wore black armbands to school. The school banned the armbands. They wore them again and were suspended. The "Tinker test" is used to see if a school's disciplinary actions violate students' 1st Amendment rights

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 16 of the best facts about 1st Amendment I managed to collect.

1. The US Supreme Court has judged that in some circumstances personal insults and epithets constitute "fighting words" and are not protected by the 1st Amendment. This is also legally distinct from incitement and hate speech.

2. Toy manufacturer Mattel sued MCA Records over Aqua's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl". After ruling the lawsuit (and MCA's countersuit) be dismissed due to parody protection under the 1st amendment, the judge concluded his ruling by stating: "The parties are advised to chill."

3. For 37 years the Supreme Court did not consider movies to be protected under the 1st amendment because "they may be used for evil".

4. There is a braille version of Playboy produced by the Library of Congress. In the 80s there was a congressional fight over whether taxpayer money should be used to produce the magazine. Courts eventually upheld the funding as a 1st amendment protection.

5. The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution was adopted by the 38th Congress on February 1st. This amendment abolished slavery. It was approved in 1865.

6. After Pokémon Go players flooded a Park in Milwaukee local officials, aghast at the trash and vandalism, instituted an ordinance that required makers of location-based AR games to obtain a permit in order to utilize locations in county parks. A judge stopped it, citing the 1st amendment.

7. The burning of the U.S. flag is a form of symbolic speech and is protected under the 1st Amendment

8. About Baker v. Nelson, a Minnesota Supreme Court case in 1971. The plaintiffs in it argued that the US Constitution provides a right to same-sex marriage through the 1st, 8th, 9th, and 14th Amendments. They lost their case by a unanimous margin but this ruling was overturned by SCOTUS in 2015.

9. The Congressional Apportionment Amendment. The only unratified amendment of the 12 original amendments proposed by the 1st Congress of the United States in 1789. It would determine the appropriate size of the House of Reps based on the decennial census.

10. The 1st Amendment of the Indian constitution introduced restrictions to the fundamental rights of "Freedom of speech","Freedom of trade","Right to equality"

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The 1st amendment can be used to protect speech in a privately owned space, like Facebook

The 1st amendment of the Indian constitution imposed restrictions on the Right to Equality and Right to free speech - source

One of the most important 1st Amendment Cases in the last 50 years in the US is called "Skywalker v Navarro" - source

Larry Flynt has sent 'Hustler' monthly to all 535 members of congress since 1983 - they tried stopping it but couldn't due to 1st Amend.