Exam 3: Modern Prior Restraints
Exam 1: The American Legal System21 Questions
Exam 2: The Legacy of Freedom15 Questions
Exam 3: Modern Prior Restraints39 Questions
Exam 4: Libel and Slander31 Questions
Exam 5: The Right of Privacy27 Questions
Exam 6: Copyrights and Trademarks35 Questions
Exam 7: Fair Trial-Free Press Conflicts17 Questions
Exam 8: Newsgatherers Privilege16 Questions
Exam 9: Freedom of Information21 Questions
Exam 10: Obscenity and the Law27 Questions
Exam 11: Regulation of Electronic Media39 Questions
Exam 12: Media Ownership Issues21 Questions
Exam 13: Advertising and the Law32 Questions
Exam 14: Freedom of the Student Press13 Questions
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According to the Fourth Circuit in Bland v.Roberts,clicking "Like" on a Facebook page is:
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The Supreme Court has made it clear that the print media cannot be licensed or arbitrarily denied distribution rights.Some of the leading cases that established this principle involved local government attempts to restrict the religious activities of the Jehovah's Witness movement.Which of these cases involved Jehovah's Witnesses?
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The Supreme Court allowed a city to control sound levels at rock concerts even though the city's action did not meet the "least intrusive means" test.That happened in the case of:
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In 2007,the California Supreme Court reaffirmed that there is a right to picket a store in a private shopping mall under the California state Constitution even though very few other states have chosen to follow its earlier decision recognizing this right.The case:
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In the "Pentagon Papers" case (New York Times v.U.S. ),the Supreme Court overruled an attempt by the federal government to censor the nation's leading newspapers.The court so ruled primarily because:
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In U.S.v.Alvarez,the Court overturned what law,saying that there is no "general exception to the First Amendment for false statements"?
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In the "Pentagon Papers" case the position that freedom of the press should be absolute was supported by:
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Suppose a city passed a law banning demonstrations that target a specific private residence while allowing them on public sidewalks in general.Based on the Frisby v.Schultz case,such a law would be:
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The Supreme Court held that the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)Act cannot ordinarily be used against anti-abortion protesters even if they block access to a medical clinic in the 2003 case of:
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In the case of Texas v.Johnson,the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects:
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The Supreme Court first clearly held that prior censorship of the news media by government is usually unconstitutional in:
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In a 1994 decision,the Supreme Court upheld a lower court order forbidding anti-abortion demonstrations within 36 feet of the entrance to a clinic that performed abortions while ruling that a ban on approaching patients anywhere within 300 feet of a clinic was unconstitutional.The case:
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The Supreme Court held that a state tax on ink and newsprint was unconstitutional because it applied to large newspapers but exempted small ones,even though there was no evidence the tax was intended to punish any newspaper for its content.That happened in:
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The U.S.Supreme Court allowed a state to create free expression rights at private shopping centers under the state Constitution when no such rights exist under the U.S.Constitution.That occurred in:
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The Supreme Court held that a city cannot require a permit for door-to-door soliciting for political,religious or other non-commercial causes in the 2002 case of:
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The Supreme Court upheld a law forbidding anti-abortion demonstrators to enter an eight-foot floating buffer zone around persons approaching a medical facility in the case of:
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In what 2011 case did the Supreme Court barring a state from enforcing a law restricting protests near funerals?
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The Supreme Court once held that a state's tax on large newspapers but not small ones violated the First Amendment because it was obviously intended to punish most of the large papers for opposing that state's governor.That happened in:
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