Does the first amendment prohibit states from interfering with freedom of speech?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Planned Parenthood of Cent. and Northern Arizona v. State of Ariz., 718 F.2d 938 (9th Cir. 1983):
2 The first amendment prohibition against infringement of freedom of speech is applicable to the states through the fourteenth amendment. Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809, 811, 95 S.Ct. 2222, 2227, 44 L.Ed.2d 600 (1975); Schneider v. State, 308 U.S. 147, 160, 60 S.Ct. 146, 150, 84 L.Ed. 155 (1939).
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