Question

1968: the supreme court rules that a law can forbid symbolic speech in the form of destroying draft cards.1969: the supreme court rules that a law cannot forbid speech that supports violence unless it is intended to immediately cause individuals to break the law.1989: the supreme court rules that burning an american flag as symbolic speech is protected.what do the events in this timeline suggest about how the supreme court has interpreted free speech over time?

Answer 1

Free speech has become more protected.

Step-by-step explanation:

As a way of giving more and more liberties to the citizens of the United States, and more free to participate in protests against what they think is wrong, the congress has passed laws and allowed them to do several things that weren´t legal prior to this laws passing, like protesting burning a flag, or speeches that support violence, only in the case that it leads immidiately to break law. This is in order to give the citizen the freedom to protest, and to handcuff the government when it comes to stopping protests.

Answer 2

The Court has moved in the direction of fewer limitations on free speech. In the United States, freedom of expression is powerfully sheltered from government limitations by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, many state structures, and national and central acts.