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#First-Amendment

Events indexed under #First-Amendment — 111 entries in the record.

111 events From May 26, 1836 To Aug 25, 2026 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
1952-01-01	Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned 3 src House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover		confirmed
1951-06-04	Dennis v. United States Supreme Court Upholds Smith Act Convictions, Criminalizes Political Advocacy 3 src Fred Vinson · U.S. Supreme Court · Communist Party USA · Department of Justice		confirmed
1951-04-01	Hollywood Ten Released from Prison but Remain Blacklisted, Industry Persecution Continues 3 src House Un-American Activities Committee		confirmed
1950-09-23	McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration 3 src Harry Truman · U.S. Congress · House Un-American Activities Committee · Department of Justice · +2		confirmed
1947-11-25	Waldorf Statement Launches Hollywood Blacklist, Studio Executives Pledge to Fire Hollywood Ten 3 src Paramount Pictures		confirmed
1947-10-20	HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses" 6 src House Un-American Activities Committee · Ronald Reagan		confirmed
1940-06-28	Smith Act Criminalizes Advocacy of Government Overthrow, Enables Political Persecution 3 src U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Franklin D. Roosevelt		confirmed
1925-06-08	Supreme Court Upholds Criminal Anarchy Conviction While Expanding Due Process 3 src U.S. Supreme Court		confirmed
1919-11-10	Abrams v. United States: Holmes Dissents, Articulates 'Marketplace of Ideas' Free Speech Theory 3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. · Louis Brandeis		confirmed
1918-05-16	Sedition Act of 1918 Expands Espionage Act to Criminalize Anti-Government Speech 4 src U.S. Congress · Woodrow Wilson		confirmed
1836-05-26	House Gag Rule Suppresses Antislavery Petitions, Demonstrating Slave Power's Congressional Capture 5 src John Quincy Adams · U.S. House of Representatives		confirmed

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