Case Categories: Military

• Brown v. Glines (1980)

  Brown v. Glines (1980) said military service members have the right to petition Congress may not circulate petitions without approval from a base commander...

• Clapper v. Amnesty International (2013)

  Clapper v. Amnesty International (2013) rejected a First Amendment challenge to FISA. The petitioners claimed a wiretap provision had a chilling effect on...

• Ex parte Vallandigham (1863)

  In Ex parte Vallandigham (1863), the Court said it had no jurisdiction to hear appeals from a military tribunal in a First Amendment case during the Civil War...

• Flower v. United States (1972)

  Flower v. United States (1972) used the First Amendment to overturn the conviction of a man for distributing leaflets at a military base after officials had...

• Freedman v. Maryland (1965)

  Freedman v. Maryland (1965) ruled that prior restraint under a state film censorship statute unduly restricted the First Amendment rights of film exhibitors...

• General Media Communications v. Cohen (2d Cir.) (1997)

  In General Media Communications v. Cohen, the Second Circuit court upheld a law prohibiting the sale of explicit material on military bases...

• Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)

  In Goldman v. Weinberger, the Court ruled that the U.S. military did not violate First Amendment rights by prohibiting soldiers from wearing religious apparel...

• Greer v. Spock (1976)

  Greer v. Spock decided that, despite First Amendment protections, areas on military bases open to the public were not necessarily open for engagement in...

• Laird v. Tatum (1972)

  Laird v. Tatum (1972) upheld an Army surveillance program on U.S. citizens despite arguments that the surveillance had a chilling effect on their First...

• Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915)

  Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915), which has been modified since, severely restricted the application of First Amendment freedoms to the...

• Parker v. Levy (1974)

  Parker v. Levy (1974) established for the first time the limits of free political expression usually protected under the First Amendment for those serving in...

• Schacht v. United States (1970)

  Schacht v. United States (1970) said prohibiting the wearing of an armed forces uniform in theatrical productions that discredited the military violated the...

• Secretary of the Navy v. Avrech (1974)

  Secretary of the Navy v. Avrech (1974) said the military law under which a former serviceman was convicted had already withstood a First Amendment challenge...

• Secretary of the Navy v. Huff (1980)

  Secretary of the Navy v. Huff (1980) was decided in conjunction with another case that said limiting the right of the military to petition does not violate the...

• United States v. Albertini (1985)

  United States v. Albertini (1985) upheld a conviction for entering an air force base despite being barred. The court said barring reentry did not violate the...

• United States v. Apel (2014)

  The Supreme Court in United States v. Apel (2014) ruled that the government did not forfeit rights to guard its military bases because of a road easement. An...