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Gitlow v. New York, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8, 1925, that the First Amendment protection of free speech also applies to state governments. Learn more about the case, the issues it raised, and the Court’s ruling in this article.
5 kwi 2017 · Gitlow v. New York Case Brief. Statement of the facts: New York passed a law prohibiting the written or verbal advocacy of criminal anarchy. Gitlow, who was a socialist, was arrested after distributing “The Left-Winged Manifesto” advocating for Socialism in America.
18 sie 2014 · W 1921 roku Polacy stanowili ponad 69% ludności, Ukraińcy około 14%, Żydzi około 8%, Białorusini i Niemcy ok. 4 %. Katolicy stanowili około 74% (w tym wierni obrządków: łacińskiego 63,7%, unickiego 11%, oraz kilka tysięcy wiernych obrządku ormiańskiego), prawosławni 11,5%, wierni religii mojżeszowej 10,5% oraz protestanci 3,2%.
Benjamin Gitlow was indicted in the Supreme Court of New York, with three others, for the statutory crime of criminal anarchy. New York Penal Laws, §§ 160, 161. [Footnote 1] He was separately tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment.
Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652, 45 S. Ct. 625, 69 L. Ed. 1138, is a 1925 decision by the Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of criminal anarchy statutes. The defendant, Benjamin Gitlow, was a member of the Left Wing Section, a splinter group of the Socialist Party.
Brief Fact Summary. Defendant Benjamin Gitlow, a member of the left wing, wrote and published two papers that promoted the violent overthrow of the government. He was indicted on two counts of anarchy and advocacy of criminal anarchy.
New York (1925) Summary of the Facts and Issues of the Case: After President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo in 1901, the state of New York passed a Criminal Anarchy Law.
