Dedicated to publicly accessible information, ideas, and images
concerning the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
| Cases - information on First Amendment cases pending
before the U.S. Supreme Court; summaries of and links to the most recent decade of the Supreme
Court's First Amendment decisions (in their official form); summaries of and
links to notable decisions in the federal Courts of Appeals and in the
Minnesota Supreme Court; and full-text versions of classic Supreme Court
decisions.
Academic Materials - analysis and data concerning First Amendment law. In the News - links to on-line AP coverage of current First Amendment issues, courtesy of the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center. |
Primary Sources -
PDF files of
leaflets, letters, photographs, and other primary sources that gave rise
to classic Supreme Court decisions about the First Amendment.
Historical Materials - select historical documents and information, from Blackstone, to Bill of Rights drafts, to the Espionage and Smith Acts. Public Opinion - some polling on civil liberties and First Amendment guarantees. Links - links to some other First Amendment sites, and to more general legal research resources. |
CREDITS: This site was made possible by the generosity of the University of Minnesota Law School; the efforts of its library staff; the research and technical knowledge of several student assistants; and Harriett Carlson. Adam Samaha founded and edited the site as a visiting associate professor and visiting scholar at the University of Minnesota Law School. He clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens during October Term 1998, and for former Chief Justice A.M. "Sandy" Keith of the Minnesota Supreme Court during the 1996-1997 Term. Dezhan Li designed the initial version of the site. He completed his law studies at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Before coming to the States, he grew up and practiced law in China. Other assistance was provided by Aaron Denton ('02), Tim Hadley ('02), Morgan Holcomb ('02), Jaynie Leung ('03), Mike Levigne ('01), Meredith Lins ('04), Nicole Narotzky ('03), Elizabeth Radosevich ('04), and Abigail Samaha.
