1968: the supreme court rules that a law can forbid symbolic speech in the form of destroying draft cards. 1969: the supreme court rules that a law cannot forbid speech that supports violence unless it is intended to immediately cause individuals to break the law. 1989: the supreme court rules that burning an american flag as symbolic speech is protected. what do the events in this timeline suggest about how the supreme court has interpreted free speech over time?

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1968: the supreme court rules that a law can forbid symbolic speech in the form of destroying draft cards. 1969: the supreme court rules that a law cannot forbid speech that supports violence unless it is intended to immediately cause individuals to break the law. 1989: the supreme court rules that burning an american flag as symbolic speech is protected. what do the events in this timeline suggest about how the supreme court has interpreted free speech over time?

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Elisabeth Andrade · Answer 1

The Court has moved in the direction of fewer limitations on free speech. In the United States, freedom of expression is powerfully sheltered from government limitations by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, many state structures, and national and central acts.