| Question | |
| Does requiring a reporter to appear and testify before a grand jury violate the freedom of speech and press guaranteed by the First Amendment? | |
| Did false statements about the conduct of a public official in an advertisement placed in the New York Times constitute libel? | |
| Does a Minnesota law shutting down the publishing of any “malicious, scandalous and defamatory newspaper” violate the First Amendment? | |
| Does suppressing the publication of the Pentagon Papers violate the First Amendment | |
| Do the provisions of the Child Decency Act of 1996 banning “indecent” and “patently offensive” communications on the Internet violate the First Amendment? | |
| Does a California law banning the distribution of obscene materials through the mail violate the First Amendment? | |