Gitlow v. New York

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Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseOutcome Conviction affirmed
Influenced civil liberties movements
gptkbp:caseTypes Constitutional law
No. 44
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Benjamin_Gitlow
gptkbp:date June 8, 1925
gptkbp:decidedBy 1925
gptkbp:firstDeployment Freedom of speech
Freedom_of_press
gptkbp:historical_analysis Frequently analyzed in legal scholarship
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-World War I America
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the Red Scare era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gitlow v. New York
gptkbp:impact Influenced future free speech cases
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Socialist_Party_of_America
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
Supreme_Court's_power_to_review_state_laws
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:lawEnforcement gptkb:New_York_Criminal_Anarchy_Law
gptkbp:legalStatus Constitutional interpretation
Conviction upheld
Clear and present danger test
268 U.S. 652
Set limits on state power regarding speech
January 1925
Expanded interpretation of free speech rights
Foundation for future free speech protections
Significant for civil rights advocacy
First case to apply the First Amendment to the states
First_Amendment_rights
gptkbp:notableFeature Examined the balance between security and freedom
Important for law students
Still cited in free speech cases today
gptkbp:outcome Upheld_the_conviction_of_Benjamin_Gitlow
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Edward_Sanford
gptkbp:politicalPosition Era of heightened political repression
gptkbp:precedent First_Amendment_applies_to_states
gptkbp:publicAccess Controversial at the time
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States
gptkb:Brandenburg_v._Ohio
Incorporation doctrine
Gitlow_v._New_York,_1925
gptkbp:respondsTo gptkb:State_of_New_York
gptkbp:signatories gptkb:Benjamin_Gitlow
gptkbp:significance Established_precedent_for_incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:team Continues_to_shape_First_Amendment_jurisprudence
gptkbp:typeOf Political speech
gptkbp:voterTurnout 7-2