Question 1

The California Supreme Court held that the state constitution does not guarantee a right to distribute literature inside a gated apartment complex in the case of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Pruneyard Shopping Center v.Robins.
B)  Young v.Raley's.
C)  Golden Gateway Center v.Golden Gateway Tenants Association.
D)  Friends of Park La Brea v.Williams.
E)  Waremart v.Progressive Campaigns. C

Question 2

In 2006,the Supreme Court said the First Amendment does not protect public employees who act as whistle blowers by filing complaints with their superiors.The case:

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S.v.National Treasury Employees Union.
B)  Friends of Park La Brea v.Williams.
C)  Garcetti v.Ceballos.
D)  Frisby v.Schultz.
E)  Virginia v.Black. C

Question 3

In U.S.v.National Treasury Employees Union,the Supreme Court:

Accepted Answer

A)  overturned a ban on federal employees being paid for speaking or writing articles even on topics unrelated to their work.
B)  upheld the ban described in choice A.
C)  rejected a pay raise for federal workers.
D)  upheld a pay raise for federal workers.
E)  ordered the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to safeguard taxpayers' rights. A

Question 4

In 2003 the Supreme Court clarified the decision cited in the previous question by holding that cross-burning is not protected by the First Amendment if it can be shown that it was intended to intimidate anyone.The 2003 case:

Accepted Answer

A)  R.A.V.v.St.Paul.
B)  Virginia v.Black.
C)  Wisconsin v.Mitchell.
D)  Scheidler v.National Organization for Women.
E)  Ward v.Rock Against Racism.

Question 5

In which case did the Supreme Court invalidate a law attempting to regulate speech about animal cruelty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia v.Black.
B)  Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co.v.Commissioner of Revenue.
C)  Pleasant Grove City v.Summum.
D)  Near v.Minnesota.
E)  U.S.v.Stevens.

Question 6

In Boy Scouts of America v.Dale,the Supreme Court held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Boy Scouts are a "public accommodation."
B)  the Boy Scouts are equivalent to a church.
C)  the Boy Scouts may forbid homosexuals to serve as scoutmasters.
D)  the Boy Scouts may exclude those who do not profess a belief in God.
E)  the Boy Scouts must accept even atheists.

Question 7

On the other hand,the Supreme Court has also ruled that a violent act motivated by racial hate may be punished more severely than the same act would be if it was not motivated by hate.The case?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heffron v.International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
B)  Ward v.Rock Against Racism.
C)  Whitney v.California.
D)  R.A.V.v.St.Paul.
E)  Wisconsin v.Mitchell.

Question 8

In what case did a Colorado court say that a law forbidding "gruesome" images on billboards was a narrowly tailored way to protect children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pleasant Grove City v.Summum.
B)  McIntyre v.Ohio Elections Commission.
C)  Rice v.Paladin Press.
D)  Saint John's Church in the Wilderness v.Scott.
E)  U.S.v.Stevens.

Question 9

In 2014,the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone in McCullen v.Coakley.What was the majority's rationale for doing this?

Accepted Answer

A)  The law was not sufficiently narrowly tailored to meet the government's goals.
B)  The law could not survive strict scrutiny.
C)  Any buffer zone law should be held unconstitutional.
D)  The law was viewpoint-discriminatory.
E)  The law was overbroad.

Question 10

The Supreme Court ruled that "hate speech" (e.g. ,burning a cross as a symbolic act)is protected by the First Amendment in the case of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Heffron v.International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
B)  Ward v.Rock Against Racism.
C)  Whitney v.California.
D)  R.A.V.v.St.Paul.
E)  Wisconsin v.Mitchell.

Question 11

In Schenck v.Pro?Choice Network,a 1997 decision,the Supreme Court held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  abortion protesters can be forbidden to enter a 15-foot "floating buffer zone" around clinic patrons.
B)  a 15-foot "floating buffer zone" around clinic patrons is unconstitutional--protesters have a right to approach patients.
C)  abortion protesters can be ordered to stay 500 feet away from clinics.
D)  abortion protesters can be barred from demonstrating anywhere in the same town as a clinic that does abortions.
E)  this decision did not concern abortion protests.

Question 12

In the case of U.S.v.Eichman,the Supreme Court overturned an act of Congress banning:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Ku Klux Klan.
B)  the Communist Party.
C)  anti-abortion protests.
D)  desecration of the American flag as a political protest.
E)  civil rights demonstrations.

Question 13

What was at issue in the 2009 Supreme Court case of Pleasant Grove City v.Summum?

Accepted Answer

A)  Damages for trespass.
B)  Abortion protests.
C)  Monuments in public parks.
D)  Taxation on the media.
E)  Protests at sporting events.

Question 14

In the "Hit Man" case (Rice v.Paladin Press),the Fourth Circuit said that the publishers of "Hit Man" could be sued for damages because the book:

Accepted Answer

A)  talked abstractly about murder for hire.
B)  incited readers to commit murder.
C)  named particular individuals to be killed.
D)  offered payment for the murder of someone.
E)  all of the above.

Question 15

The Supreme Court said in McIntyre v.Ohio Elections Commission that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the government's refusal to fund speech is not the same thing as censoring it.
B)  laws on animal cruelty must be narrowly tailored.
C)  an anti-abortion website was a true threat.
D)  anonymous speech gets as much protection as speech whose speaker is known.
E)  flag-burning laws are unconstitutional.

Question 16

The First Amendment does not excuse the mass media from paying the normal business taxes that all businesses must pay.In which of these cases was a tax on a medium of communications upheld?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas Monthly v.Bullock.
B)  Arkansas Writers' Project v.Ragland.
C)  Leathers v.Medlock.
D)  Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co.v.Commissioner of Revenue.
E)  Grosjean v.American Press.

Question 17

A federal court ruled in 2003 that a city could not ban soliciting and leafletting on a downtown pedestrian mall unless the city could justify it under the strict-scrutiny standard.The case:

Accepted Answer

A)  S.O.C.v.The Mirage.
B)  City of Las Vegas v.ACLU.
C)  Harman v.City of New York.
D)  Venetian Casino Resort v.Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas.
E)  Costco Companies v.Gallant.

Question 18

The Supreme Court handed down a decision in 2013 in Agency for Int'l Dev.v.Alliance for Open Society Int'l that said what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abortion protests cannot take place in front of hospitals.
B)  What organizations say that does not align with governmental goals must be paid for with their own money.
C)  The KKK cannot demonstrate in front of government buildings.
D)  Anonymous speech gets as much protection as speech whose speaker is known.
E)  All funeral protest laws are unconstitutional.

Question 19

Two justices issued dissents from denial of cert in a case dealing with individuals who had been denied access to a president's speech because of a bumper sticker on their car.The case:

Accepted Answer

A)  Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co.v.Commissioner of Revenue.
B)  McIntyre v.Ohio Elections Commission.
C)  Weise v.Casper.
D)  Rice v.Paladin Press.
E)  Frisby v.Schultz.

Question 20

The Supreme Court upheld a city's content?neutral permit system for groups wishing to hold large events at a city park in the 2002 case of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas v.Chicago Parks District.
B)  Frisby v.Schultz.
C)  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v.Village of Stratton.
D)  Valentine v.Chrestensen.
E)  Lovell v.City of Griffin.

Exam 3: Modern Prior Restraints