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Here is a list of all kinds of things that US courts found to be protected speech

Supreme Court

Year Expression Case
1931 Displaying a red flag Stromberg v. California
1943 Refusing to speak or salute West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
1952 Motion pictures Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
1960 Anonymous speech Talley v. California
1969 Private possession of obscene material Stanley v. Georgia
1969 Wearing armbands Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
1970 Wearing a military uniform in protest theater Schacht v. United States
1971 Profanity on clothing Cohen v. California
1974 Altering/displaying a modified flag Spence v. Washington
1974 Right of a newspaper not to publish Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
1976 Commercial advertising Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
1976 Spending money on political campaigns (contribution limits upheld) Buckley v. Valeo
1977 Covering a state motto on a license plate Wooley v. Maynard
1981 Live entertainment Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim
1988 Parody of public figures Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
1989 Instrumental music (volume regulation upheld) Ward v. Rock Against Racism
1989 Burning a flag Texas v. Johnson
1991 Nude dancing (public nudity ban upheld) Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
1994 Residential yard signs City of Ladue v. Gilleo
1995 Anonymous pamphleteering McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
1995 Choosing parade participants Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston
1997 Internet speech Reno v. ACLU
2000 Expressive association (membership choices) Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
2003 Cross burning (absent intent to intimidate) Virginia v. Black
2010 Depictions of animal cruelty United States v. Stevens
2010 Corporate political spending Citizens United v. FEC
2011 Funeral picketing Snyder v. Phelps
2011 Video games Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
2011 Sale and dissemination of data Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.
2012 False claims of military honors United States v. Alvarez
2017 "Disparaging" trademarks Matal v. Tam
2017 Access to social media Packingham v. North Carolina
2023 Refusing to create expressive products (websites) 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Lower Courts

Year Expression Case
2000 Posting encryption software online Junger v. Daley (6th Cir.)
2010 Tattooing Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach (9th Cir.)
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