Public Schools and the U.S. Supreme Court by Justin Driver The U.S. Supreme Court and America’s public schools have not only helped to shape some of the most landmark First Amendment doctrines of the past century, but one another as institutions.
Freedom of the Press: Challenges to this Pillar of Democracy by Stephen J. Wermiel What protections does the news media have under law? Press freedoms, as interpreted by courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have evolved.
Freedom of Speech Students analyze a photo of Robert Kennedy speaking outside the U.S. Department of Justice on June 14, 1963, as a springboard for discussion about free speech.
Government Speech Under the First Amendment This lesson teaches students, through a simulation related to government-sponsored Confederate monuments, about the government-speech doctrine under the First Amendment.
Civic Education Free Press and SCOTUS: Incorporating Case Studies in the Classroom Students engage with landmark freedom of press case studies exploring how the Supreme Court has ruled on First Amendment issues and has tried to balance competing values in our democracy.
Civic Education Law Day 2019 The 2019 Law Day theme—Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society—focuses on these cornerstones of representative government and calls on us to understand and protect these rights to ensure, as the U.S. Constitution proposes, “the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.”
Using Preview in the Classroom A current case before the U.S. Supreme Court is featured each month along with a modified case study and focus questions for classroom use.
