10 Facts About Irving Feiner

Irving Feiner was convicted of violating Section 722 of the Penal Code of New York, which, in effect, forbids incitement of a breach of the peace.

Irving Feiner claimed that his conviction violated his right of free speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

New York won, the Chief Justice wrote, because by law, Irving Feiner's actions created an imminent threat: the police arrested him because the police wanted to protect the city government and the people of New York.

Irving Feiner pointed out that the police, instead of arresting Feiner, should have protected him from hostile members of the crowd.

Irving Feiner finally completed his degree from Syracuse when they readmitted him, and was invited back to the school to speak at the opening of the Tully Center for Free Speech in October 2006.

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Irving Feiner continued to fight for tuition reimbursement, as his original schooling had been covered under the GI Bill.

Irving Feiner lived in Nyack, New York, a small business owner who continued to fight and write about freedom of speech and progressive issues.

Irving Feiner debated against Stephen Baldwin, who fought to keep an adult bookstore from opening in the village.

At the invitation of renowned Professor of Political Science, Milton Heumann, Irving Feiner gave several surprise guest lectures to students of Professor Heumann's Civil Liberties class at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Irving Feiner explained his side of the case, contending that some of the facts found in the Supreme Court's decision were mistaken or that some facts were omitted.