Dennis Miles is a reference and instruction librarian and professor emeritus at Texas Wesleyan University where he assists with research, citation management, online database use and effective search strategies for students and fellow researchers. He has also had articles published by the Chronicles of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mormons
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has helped shape the government-religion relationship through their interpretation of the First Amendment.
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos (1987)
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the LDS Church v. Amos (1987) said that religious bodies can discriminate based on religion without violating the First Amendment.
Laurence Tribe
Laurence Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School, is regarded as one of the preeminent scholars in the field of constitutional law and First Amendment scholarship.
Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 (1969)
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 regulated the advertising of tobacco products. Litigation over its effect on free speech rights reached the Supreme Court in 1972.
Zemel v. Rusk (1965)
Zemel v. Rusk (1965) refused to interpret the First Amendment so as to grant a citizen an absolute right of travel to other countries to assess the effects of U.S. policies abroad.