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From 379 U.S. 536 - Cox v. State of Louisiana · 1965Most cited · 2,813 citing opinions

The First and Fourteenth Amendments do not afford the same kind of freedom to those who would communicate ideas by conduct such as patrolling, marching, and picketing on streets and highways as these amendments afford to those who communicate ideas by pure speech.