US Supreme Court Cases

Here's a thread to discuss various Supreme Court cases and their outcomes. I guess I'll start it off with Schneck v. United States because I think it is one of the most interesting and most important rulings of the 20th century. Here's a link to more details about the case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States.
In a nutshell, the Supreme Court ruled in Schneck v. United States that the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment of the United States' Constitution could be limited during a crisis, if and only if that speech attempted to impede government efforts to end said crisis. In that case it was anti-draft pamphlets during the WW1. Later the ruling was amended to limit speech only if it directly attempted to initiate unlawful action. I feel that Schneck v. United States is an incredibly important decision because it was one of the first to attempt to quantify the absoluteness of the Bill of Rights. In the end, the Court decided that speech could not be denied, but can be limited only during a crisis. It is important to note, that this does not allow martial law, and all of the supposed violators must be given a fair trial under the Constitution.

Man you really like that court case, but I will agree that was one of the most important Court Cases in US Histoty.

I just think it is an interesting one. When most people here about it, they usually like : "OMG DUH GOBERMENT ES DUH EBULZ!" Without understandings its significance.

Very true.
Also another very important case I would point out is Dred Scott v. Sandford.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford