Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
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Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46, is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that parodies of public figures, even those intending to cause
Hustler's parody, depicted above, includes the unauthorized use of a publicity photograph of Falwell and a near-exact duplicate of the typesetting used in a concurrent Campari advertising campaign.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citiz
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
…United States in which the Court held that parodies of public figures, even those intending to cause emotional distress, are protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In the case, Hustler magazine ran a full-page parody ad against televangelist and political commentator Jerry Falwell Sr…
Senator Jacob M. Howard of Michigan, author of the Citizenship Clause
Rep. John Bingham of Ohio was the principal author of the Equal Protection Clause.
Thurgood Marshall served as chief counsel in the landmark Fourteenth Amendment decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Senate and House votes on the Fourteenth Amendment