Since 1925, when the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment was applicable to the states through the due process clause of the First Amendment, courts have developed an enormous body of law distinguishing speech that can be regulated from speech that cannot. To take a few examples, the Supreme Court held that: No rights […]
Presser v. State of Illinois William Presser was a member of a private paramilitary group formed by a group of working-class German immigrants. They called themselves pro-labor socialists. The militia was dedicated to “improving the mental and bodily condition of its members so as to qualify them for the duties of citizens of the republic.”
Bank Robbers, Machine Guns, and The National Firearms Act of 1934 After World War I, weapons that had been developed for the war found their way onto the streets of American cities resulting in what has been called the Golden Age of Bank Robberies. The new technology—cars and machine guns—allowed robbers to more effectively rob
