Prior Restraint
FRQ #3, SCOTUS Comparison. Jay Near was the publisher of a newspaper in Minneapolis in the late 1920s called The Saturday Press. In it […]
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Schenck v. United States (1919)
Clear and Present Danger. The first time the Supreme Court examined a federal conviction on a free speech claim was in Schenck v. United States […]
Civil Rights
Multiple-Choice Questions. To assess your knowledge and skills in government and politics answer these sample multiple-choice questions. Here are some table comparison questions on civil […]
White Primary
FRQ #3, SCOTUS Comparison. Decades ago, African Americans were barred from participation in primary elections, creating the so-called white primary. During the Democrats’ hold […]
Little Rock Nine
Making the Brown Decision Real. In 1957, U.S. troops escorted nine African Americans into the otherwise all-white Central High School in Little Rock. The plan […]