Terminiello V. Chicago Case Study

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Terminiello V. City of Chicago On January 31, 1949 the case Terminiello V. City of Chicago was disputed at the Supreme Court level (Terminiello v. Chicago 337). Arthur Terminiello was a former Catholic Priest who was preaching ideas of degrading comments and racism. Chicago issued a breach of peace and this resulted in the Supreme Court stating this was unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment. The justices 5-4 decision overturned Terminiello’s conviction. The landmark Supreme Court case of Terminiello V. City of Chicago demonstrates the significance of the First Ammendment no matter how vulgar or anger provoking the dialogue may be Father Arthur Terminiello, a Alabama Catholic Priest, conducted an anger evoking speech to the group,