Claim

Claim 923

The Court identified free speech and press as fundamental personal liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause from impairment by the states.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The Court identified free speech and press as fundamental personal liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause from impairment by the states.
Field: status
Value: Free speech and press treated as protected liberties
About: incident 1925-us-supreme-court-upholds-gitlow-anarchy-conviction
Source: Gitlow v. New York (1925), The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Publisher: Gitlow v. New York (1925), The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2009-01-01

Quotation from the source

among the fundamental personal rights and ‘liberties’ protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the States.