Case Categories: Flag Salute and Compelled Speech

• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004)

  Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004) avoided addressing whether the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance violated the First Amendment...

• Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada (1991)

  In Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada, the court struck down Nevada's limit on attorney speech as too vague while upholding some restrictions on attorney speech...

• Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)

  Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) ruled that states could require public school students to salute the U.S. flag without violating students’ First...

• Russo v. Central School District (2nd Circuit) (1972)

  In Russo v. Central School District (1972), the 2nd Circuit Court said that teachers have First Amendment rights to stay silent during the Pledge of Allegiance...

• Taylor v. Mississippi (1943)

  Taylor v. Mississippi (1943) struck down a state law that convicted individuals who spoke against saluting the flag, finding it in violation of the First...

• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

  West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) said requiring students to salute the American flag infringed upon First Amendment freedoms of belief...