GITLOW V NEW YORK (1925)

"FOR PRESENT PURPOSES WE MAY AND DO ASSUME THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS--WHICH ARE PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT FROM ABRIDGEMENT BY CONGRESS--ARE AMONG THE FUNDAMENTAL PERSONAL RIGHTS AND 'LIBERTIES' PROTECTED BY THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT FROM IMPAIRMENT BY THE STATES."