Gitlow v. New York

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:case_analysis Used in law schools for constitutional law education
Analyzed the balance between security and liberty
gptkbp:case_number gptkb:No._44
gptkbp:case_outcome Majority opinion by Justice Edward Sanford
Affirmed state law against advocating for violent overthrow
Set the stage for future First Amendment litigation
gptkbp:case_significance Important in the context of civil rights movements
gptkbp:case_types Constitutional law case
gptkbp:court gptkb:Benjamin_Gitlow
gptkbp:criminal_charge Criminal anarchy
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 8, 1925
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Justice_Holmes
gptkb:Justice_Brandeis
gptkbp:historical_context Red Scare era
gptkbp:historical_impact Influenced public perception of free speech rights
gptkbp:historical_significance Marked a shift in judicial interpretation of free speech
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gitlow v. New York
gptkbp:impact Influenced future free speech cases
Influenced the development of civil liberties jurisprudence
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:political_party
gptkb:workers
Political radicalism
gptkbp:is_cited_in 268 U. S. 652 (1925)
Frequently cited in legal arguments regarding free speech
gptkbp:judicial_review Judicial review of state laws
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:New_York_State
gptkbp:legal_context Post-World War I America
gptkbp:legal_framework Judicial affirmation of state power over speech
Part of the legal framework for free speech rights
gptkbp:legal_issue First Amendment rights
Advocated for free speech
gptkbp:legal_outcome Established limits on free speech
Conviction affirmed
gptkbp:legal_principle Clear and present danger test
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
Freedom of speech
Political speech
gptkbp:outcome Upheld the conviction of Benjamin Gitlow
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:First_Amendment_incorporation_doctrine
Set a standard for future free speech cases
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Benjamin_Gitlow
gptkbp:public_perception 7-2
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States
gptkb:Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District
gptkb:Brandenburg_v._Ohio
gptkbp:responds_to gptkb:State_of_New_York
gptkbp:significance First case to apply the First Amendment to the states
Established precedent for incorporation of the First Amendment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4