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First Amendment, miscellaneous: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “First Amendment, miscellaneous,” part of the First Amendment area.

203decisions
71%favorable to the petitioner
33%unanimous
69altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1940s10
1950s9
1960s22
1970s44
1980s45
1990s26
2000s18
2010s18
2020s11

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)157
First Amendment (association)20
47 U.S.C. § 5342
Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)2
18-7041
First Amendment (petition clause)1
18-481
10 U.S.C. § 9831

All 203 decisions, newest first

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error