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  2. Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - Wikipedia

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    Murphy, joined by unanimous. Laws applied. U.S. Constitution amend. I; NH P. L., c. 378, ยง 2 (1941) Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in which the Court articulated the fighting words doctrine, a limitation of the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of speech.

  3. Fighting words - Wikipedia

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    Chaplinsky decision. Chaplinsky, a Jehovah's Witness, had purportedly told a New Hampshire town marshal who was attempting to prevent him from preaching that he was "a damned racketeer" and "a damned fascist" and was arrested. The court upheld the arrest and wrote in its decision that

  4. New Hampshire Supreme Court - Wikipedia

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    Since. March 4, 2021. Lead position ends. November 27, 2031. NH Supreme Court. The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital, Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices appointed by ...

  5. United States free speech exceptions - Wikipedia

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    A Westboro Baptist Church protest was the subject of an "offensive speech" Supreme Court case in Snyder v. Phelps (2010) In Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), the Supreme Court held that speech is unprotected if it constitutes "fighting words".

  6. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Stone Court

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    Lisenba v. People of State of California: 314 U.S. 219 (1941) death penalty: Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire: 315 U.S. 568 (1942) fighting words: Valentine v. Chrestensen: 316 U.S. 52 (1942) holding that commercial speech is unprotected by the 1st Amendment; overruled by Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council

  7. Cohen v. California - Wikipedia

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    The ruling cited New Jersey v. T.L.O., arguing that "the constitutional rights of students in public school are not automatically coextensive with the rights of adults in other settings". Other cases. The following is an incomplete list of other court cases that have cited Cohen v. California: State of Louisiana v. Meyers, 462 So.2d 227 (1984)

  8. Talk:Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - Wikipedia

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  9. Cantwell v. Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940), is a landmark court decision [1] [2] by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment 's federal protection of religious free exercise incorporates via the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applies to state governments too. [3]