Exam 2: The First Amendment

In Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier,the Supreme Court upheld the censorship of a high school newspaper.What was the basis for the Court's ruling? Have cases concerning college publications followed the same approach?

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[The newspaper was deemed a laboratory paper,not a public forum,and therefore censorship by school authorities was permissible for any "reasonable" purpose.Weighing against forum status were the facts that the paper was solely the product of a high school journalism class,and the teacher assigned and edited stories.In the college-press cases of Kincaid and Hosty,two different federal courts took different approaches.In one,the court deemed a yearbook a limited public forum,without a full Hazelwood analysis.In the other,the court said a Hazelwood-like forum analysis was applicable.]

In the case of Securities and Exchange Commission v.Texas Gulf Sulphur the corporation could be prosecuted despite the First Amendment because its news releases were

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In order for First Amendment protections to apply in a given instance,there must have been some "state action."

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Which of the following is true about the First Amendment?

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Promoting ill opinions of government in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was often known as

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According to philosopher and educator Alexander Meiklejohn,what is the main rationale behind free speech in America?

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The ability of government to control speech within its own facilities or communication systems depends on

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Prior restraints can arise through

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In Cohen v.California a man had been convicted for displaying a jacket with profane language in a courthouse corridor.Did the Supreme Court uphold the conviction?

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As the term is used in the law,a corporate independent political expenditure is

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Which of the following is NOT a common justification for freedom of speech?

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In most cases,content restrictions on protected expression can be upheld only if

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In Morse v.Frederick,the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case,the Supreme Court in 2007

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Society's greatest concern about corporate political speech is the potential for corporations to

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_____ has been deemed to be within the guarantee of the First Amendment,though it is not protected as broadly as most other forms of expression.

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The First Amendment itself

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The First Amendment was for the first time applied to the states in the landmark 1925 case of

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Which of the following best describes how a "natural-law" system operates?

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In Simon & Schuster v.Crime Victims Board,the Supreme Court invalidated a New York statute because the statute

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Generally speaking,which of these government actions is most likely to be upheld as constitutional?

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In Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier,the Supreme Court upheld the censorship of a high school newspaper.What was the basis for the Court's ruling? Have cases concerning college publications followed the same approach?

In the case of Securities and Exchange Commission v.Texas Gulf Sulphur the corporation could be prosecuted despite the First Amendment because its news releases were

In order for First Amendment protections to apply in a given instance,there must have been some "state action."

Which of the following is true about the First Amendment?

Promoting ill opinions of government in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was often known as

According to philosopher and educator Alexander Meiklejohn,what is the main rationale behind free speech in America?

The ability of government to control speech within its own facilities or communication systems depends on

Prior restraints can arise through

In Cohen v.California a man had been convicted for displaying a jacket with profane language in a courthouse corridor.Did the Supreme Court uphold the conviction?

As the term is used in the law,a corporate independent political expenditure is

Which of the following is NOT a common justification for freedom of speech?

In most cases,content restrictions on protected expression can be upheld only if

In Morse v.Frederick,the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case,the Supreme Court in 2007

Society's greatest concern about corporate political speech is the potential for corporations to

_____ has been deemed to be within the guarantee of the First Amendment,though it is not protected as broadly as most other forms of expression.

The First Amendment itself

The First Amendment was for the first time applied to the states in the landmark 1925 case of

Which of the following best describes how a "natural-law" system operates?

In Simon & Schuster v.Crime Victims Board,the Supreme Court invalidated a New York statute because the statute

Generally speaking,which of these government actions is most likely to be upheld as constitutional?

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