Tag: speech

• Wooley v. Maynard (1977)

  

  US Supreme Court justices argue their opinions in this 1977 FIRST AMENDMENT case…(And yes, they actually DO advocate bumper stickers as a means of exercising your constitutional rights!) << BEFORE: Live free in court @ Lebanon, NH … NOTE: Although he does not appear in this comic, future Supreme Court Justice David Souter was NH…

  Marek

  14 October, 2012

  “Live Free or Die”, 1970s, constitution, David Souter, judicial branch

  constitution, freedom, government, license plates, live free or die, rights, speech, supreme court

• Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

  

  A career-defining speech on slavery and the constitution, given by NH native Daniel Webster to the US Senate on 7 March, 1850 …

  Marek

  6 October, 2012

  1850s, Civil War, constitution, Daniel Webster, politics

  Daniel Webster, fugitive slave law, secession, senate, slavery, speech, us