Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
The 1958 case NAACP v. Alabama struck down the requirement that organizations provide membership lists to the government on the basis of freedom of association. The court reasoned that in this case, requiring the NAACP to disclose their membership to the state of Alabama violated the 14th Amendment.
