Exam 3: Methods of Control

Matt Bissonnette, a former member of Navy Seal Team 6, agreed to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees because he did not clear his disclosures with the Pentagon.

A sales tax applicable to religious magazines, but exempting news magazines, is permissible.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that unlike broadcasting, the Internet was fully protected by the First Amendment.

Discuss the distinction between prior restraints and post-publication penalties.

Although First Amendment doctrine presumes that prior restraints are unconstitutional, in limited instances, such as cases involving false advertising or copyright violations, prior restraints are permissible.

What is the definition of the following term: -Time, place, and manner regulation

Some forms of expression, such as door-to-door advocacy, are exempt from licensing.

Eleanor McCullen, a "sidewalk counselor," won her case challenging a 35-foot buffer zone at the entrance of abortion clinics when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Massachusetts could serve its interests with less restrictive measures.

In a 2021 action that departed from prior restraint doctrine, a New York judge temporarily prevented:

What is the definition of the following term: -Security review

Military bloggers must submit posts to commanding officers for prepublication security review.

In Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a parade ordinance that allowed local officials to prohibit parades that were harmful to the "public welfare."

What is the definition of the following term: -Franchise

In 2019, a district court found that the federal government was not entitled to proceeds from Edward Snowden's best-selling memoir, Permanent Record, even though he did not submit his manuscript discussing classified intelligence activities to federal agencies for prepublication review.

Which of the following is not regarded as a prior restraint?

This organization was at the center of the recent dispute over whether computer-aided design (CAD) files posted online-revealing how to create a 3D-printed gun-are protected by the First Amendment:

In 2020, every U.S. intelligence agency imposed a lifetime prepublication review requirement on at least a subset of their former employees.

Discuss the distinction between content-based and content-neutral regulations of expression.

Claims of political manipulation of the prepublication review process permeated the Trump administration's 2020 efforts to prevent publication of:

A speech regulation targeted at specific subject matter is content based even if it does not discriminate among viewpoints within the subject matter.