Free Speech Rights Free Speech Rights Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969): Does a student have a right to protest government policy at school? Morse v. Frederick (2007): Does a student have a right to promote illegal drug use while at school? Citizens United v. FEC (2010): Do corporations have a right to express political opinions? Snyder v. Phelps (2011): Is there a right to protest at a funeral with signs displaying messages that are offensive and upsetting? United States v. Alvarez (2012): Is there a right to falsely claim that you have won a military medal? Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015): Does a church have a right to post a temporary sign directing people to its location without getting permission from the government? Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (2018): Does a worker have a right to refuse to pay fees to a union that represents all workers, but that the worker did not join, because the worker opposed many of the union’s positions? Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018): Does a religious baker who opposes same-sex marriage have a right to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding? Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (2018): Does a voter have a right to wear a political badge, a political button or anything bearing a political message in a polling place on Election Day? Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021): Does a student have a right to use profanity to criticize a school when the student is away from school? 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023): Does a religious website designer who opposes same-sex marriage have a right to refuse to create a website that celebrates the marriage of a same-sex couple? Return to all the Supreme Court cases.