Properties (52)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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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
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gptkbp:decidedBy |
1925
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gptkbp:firstDeployment |
Freedom of speech
Freedom_of_press |
gptkbp:historical_analysis |
Frequently analyzed in legal scholarship
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gptkbp:historicalContext |
Post-World War I America
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
Part of the Red Scare era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Gitlow v. New York
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gptkbp:impact |
Influenced future free speech cases
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Socialist_Party_of_America
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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
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gptkbp:lawEnforcement |
gptkb:New_York_Criminal_Anarchy_Law
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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
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gptkbp:politicalParty |
gptkb:Justice_Edward_Sanford
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gptkbp:politicalPosition |
Era of heightened political repression
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gptkbp:precedent |
First_Amendment_applies_to_states
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gptkbp:publicAccess |
Controversial at the time
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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
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gptkbp:signatories |
gptkb:Benjamin_Gitlow
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gptkbp:significance |
Established_precedent_for_incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights
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gptkbp:team |
Continues_to_shape_First_Amendment_jurisprudence
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gptkbp:typeOf |
Political speech
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gptkbp:voterTurnout |
7-2
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