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Supreme Court decides Gitlow v. New York

The Supreme Court upheld Benjamin Gitlow's conviction but held that the First Amendment's free-speech protections apply to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Supreme Court decides Gitlow v. New York

Gitlow established the principle of incorporation, extending federal constitutional protections against state action and setting a precedent for later civil liberties expansion.

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