Broadrick v. Oklahoma

1973 United States Supreme Court case

Broadrick v. Oklahoma, 413 U.S. 601 (1973), is a United States Supreme Court decision upholding an Oklahoma statute which prohibited state employees from engaging in partisan political activities. Broadrick is often cited to enunciate the test for a facial overbreadth challenge that "the overbreadth of a statute must not only be real, but substantial as well, judged in relation to the statute's plainly legitimate sweep."

External links

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• Text of Broadrick v. Oklahoma, U.S. 601 (1973) is available from: Google Scholar Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)

U.S. Supreme Court Freedom of Speech Clause case law

**First Amendment to the United States Constitution **

Unprotected speech

Strict scrutiny

• _Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project _ (2010)
• _Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar _ (2015)

Overbreadth and
Vagueness doctrines

• _Terminiello v. City of Chicago _ (1949)
• _Smith v. Goguen _ (1974)
• _Board of Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus _ (1987)
• _Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky _ (2018)

Symbolic speech

versus conduct

• _Stromberg v. California _ (1931)
• _United States v. O'Brien _ (1968)
• _Cohen v. California _ (1971)
• _Spence v. Washington _ (1974)
• _Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence _ (1984)
• _Dallas v. Stanglin _ (1989)
• _Texas v. Johnson _ (1989)
• _United States v. Eichman _ (1990)
• _Barnes v. Glen Theatre _ (1991)
• _City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. _ (2000)
• _Virginia v. Black _ (2003)

Content-based
restrictions

• _Lamont v. Postmaster General _ (1965)
• _Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego _ (1981)
• _Boos v. Barry _ (1988)
• _Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Crime Victims Board _ (1991)
• _R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul _ (1992)
• _Reed v. Town of Gilbert _ (2015)
• _Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants _ (2020)
• _City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC _ (2022)

Content-neutral
restrictions

• _Schneider v. New Jersey _ (1939)
• _United States v. Albertini _ (1985)
• _Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. _ (1986)
• _Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. _ (1986)
• _City of Ladue v. Gilleo _ (1994)
• _Packingham v. North Carolina _ (2017)
• _TikTok v. Garland _ (2025)

Compelled speech

• _Minersville School District v. Gobitis _ (1940)
• _West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette _ (1943)
• _Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo _ (1974)
• _Wooley v. Maynard _ (1977)
• _Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins _ (1980)
• _Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Comm'n of California _ (1986)
• _Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston _ (1995)
• _Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights, Inc. _ (2006)
• _National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra _ (2018)
• _303 Creative LLC v. Elenis _ (2023)
• _Moody v. NetChoice, LLC _ (2024)

Compelled subsidy
of others' speech

• _International Ass'n of Machinists v. Street _ (1961)
• _Abood v. Detroit Board of Education _ (1977)
• _Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight _ (1984)
• _Communications Workers of America v. Beck _ (1988)
• _Keller v. State Bar of California _ (1990)
• _Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n _ (1991)
• _Board of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin System v. Southworth _ (2000)
• _Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Ass'n _ (2005)
• _Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n _ (2007)
• _Locke v. Karass _ (2008)
• _Knox v. SEIU, Local 1000 _ (2012)
• _Harris v. Quinn _ (2014)
• _Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association _ (2016)
• _Janus v. AFSCME _ (2018)

Government grants
and subsidies

• _[Regan v. Taxation with Representation of Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regan_v._Taxation_with_Representation_of_Washington

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