Dirk De Jonge was convicted for speaking at a peaceful public meeting held under the auspices of the Communist Party in Portland, Oregon

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U.S. Supreme Court case landmark First Amendment case person

De Jonge v. Oregon is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that held states cannot criminalize peaceful assembly and political association, reinforcing First Amendment protections through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark First Amendment case ⓘ person ⓘ
activityLeadingToArrest	speaking at a peaceful public meeting in Portland, Oregon ⓘ
areaOfLaw	First Amendment law ⓘ civil liberties ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
citation	299 U.S. 353 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	First Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
convictedUnder	Oregon criminal syndicalism statute NERFINISHED ⓘ
convictionStatusAfterAppeal	reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in De Jonge v. Oregon ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1937-01-04 ⓘ
doctrine	First Amendment freedoms are fundamental and safeguarded by the Fourteenth Amendment from state infringement ⓘ
factPattern	Dirk De Jonge was arrested and convicted for speaking at a peaceful public meeting held under the auspices of the Communist Party in Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Dirk De Jonge v. State of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	Red Scare–era criminal syndicalism prosecutions ⓘ
holding	Participation in a peaceful public meeting called by the Communist Party cannot be punished under a criminal syndicalism statute solely because of the party’s advocacy ⓘ States cannot criminalize peaceful assembly for lawful discussion, even if held under the auspices of a political party such as the Communist Party ⓘ The right of peaceable assembly is a fundamental right protected against state infringement by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ incorporation of the First Amendment ⓘ
locationOfEvents	Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetingOrganizer	Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
opinionBy	Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ
overturnedLaw	application of Oregon’s criminal syndicalism statute to peaceful assembly ⓘ
petitioner	Dirk De Jonge NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedentFor	incorporation of freedom of assembly against the states ⓘ limits on state criminal syndicalism laws ⓘ protection of peaceful political meetings from state suppression ⓘ
relatedCase	Gitlow v. New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Hague v. CIO NERFINISHED ⓘ Stromberg v. California NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney v. California NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedRight	freedom of expression ⓘ right to peaceable assembly ⓘ right to political association ⓘ
respondent	State of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultForPetitioner	conviction reversed ⓘ
roleInCase	petitioner in De Jonge v. Oregon ⓘ
stateInvolved	Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
vote	unanimous decision ⓘ
yearDecided	1937 ⓘ

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