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Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Religion - Compulsory Flag Salute, Michigan Law Review
Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Religion - Compulsory Flag Salute, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The state of West Virginia enacted an amendment to its statutes in 1941 requiring all schools to conduct courses in history and civics for the purpose of fostering "the ideals, principles and spirit of Americanism," and pursuant thereto the Board of Education adopted a resolution ordering that the flag salute and declaration of allegiance should be a regular part of the program of activities in the public schools. Expulsion from school was provided for nonconformity- and until compliance the child was considered unlawfully absent from school and the parents were liable to fine and imprisonment for causing child delinquency. Appellees …
Constitutional Law-Right To Impose A License Tax Upon Dissemination Of Religious Literature - Jones V. Opelika Reversed, Michigan Law Review
Constitutional Law-Right To Impose A License Tax Upon Dissemination Of Religious Literature - Jones V. Opelika Reversed, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Petitioners were members of the religious sect "Jehovah's Witnesses," who "sold" and/ or donated religious tracts and literature, and in connection therewith used phonographs and records, in their door to door activities to spread their religious beliefs. They failed to obtain a license for the privilege of canvassing and soliciting, as required of all persons by an ordinance of the city of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, and were convicted and fined for violation thereof. Petitions for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania were denied; the case came before the United States Supreme Court on petition for writ of certiorari. …
Jones V. City Of Opelika Overruled
Jones V. City Of Opelika Overruled
Indiana Law Journal
Notes and Comments: Constitutional law
In Defense Of The Supreme Court's Picketing Doctrine, Louis L. Jaffe
In Defense Of The Supreme Court's Picketing Doctrine, Louis L. Jaffe
Michigan Law Review
Picketing, pursued by state prohibition, has now found sanctuary in the Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment recognizes it as free speech. But not always, says the majority of the Court. There has been sharp fire from both the Right and the Left. The criticism runs much as it did against the Duke of York's generalship of his men. "When they were half-way up they were neither up nor down." In a recent article Mr. Teller argues that picketing is not an exercise of free speech and should never have been constitutionally guaranteed as such. It was the first mistake of the …
Speech As Conditional Privilege In National Labor Relations Board Cases, Reynolds C. Seitz
Speech As Conditional Privilege In National Labor Relations Board Cases, Reynolds C. Seitz
Kentucky Law Journal
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