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Gitlow v. New York
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Gitlow v. New York

US Supreme Court decision of 1925 dealing with state legislation that restricts freedom of speech. Benjamin Gitlow, editor of the left-wing Manifesto, was convicted, under a New York state law, of advocating the violent overthrow of the government. The Court upheld the law, ruling that First Amendment rights are secondary to the preservation of the state.
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