Legality of Cannabis by U.S. Jurisdiction

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That is because "[f] reedom of press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion are in a preferred position."

- in City of Woodinville v. NORTHSHORE UNITED CHURCH, 2009 and 94 similar citations

First, appellants contend here that the statutes applicable to Anne Arundel County violate the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion in that the statutes' effect is to prohibit the free exercise of religion in contravention of the First Amendment, made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment

- in McGowan v. Maryland, 1961 and 65 similar citations

—donated'does not transform evangelism into a commercial enterprise. If it did, then the passing of a collection plate in church would make the church service a commercial project.... It should be remembered that the pamphlets of Thomas Paine were not distributed free of charge. It is plain that a religious organization needs funds to remain a going concern.... Freedom of …

- in INTERN. SOC. FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS v. Bowen, 1978 and 65 similar citations

—requirement of license and fee for door-to-door distributors of religious literature held unconstitutional

- in Curry v. Prince George's County, Md., 1999 and 60 similar citations

—noting that distribution of religious pamphlets, like "worship in the churches and preaching from the pulpits," "occupies... high estate under the First Amendment

- in DOUSA v. US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 2023 and 78 similar citations

We have here something quite different, for example, from a tax on the income of one who engages in religious activities or a tax on property used or employed in connection with those activities. It is one thing to impose a tax on the income or property of a preacher. It is quite another thing to exact a tax from him for the privilege of delivering a sermon.*** The power to tax …

- in Eighth Street Baptist Church, Inc. v. United States, 1968 and 49 similar citations

"*** Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion are available to all, not merely to those who can pay their own way."

- in Squires v. Inhabitants of City of Augusta, 1959 and 109 similar citations

The hand distribution of religious tracts is an age-old form of missionary evangelism—as old as the history of printing presses

- in Jobe v. City of Catlettsburg, 2005 and 58 similar citations

I. Although the amendment, by its terms, addresses only the power of Congress, the United States Supreme Court has long held that its provisions are also binding on the states through the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment (US Const., amend. XIV).

- in Imperial Apparel v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, 2008 and 36 similar citations

While it is certainly true that a speaker can be paid for speaking without forfeiting first amendment rights

- in People v. Williams, 2009 and 33 similar citations