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During the Persian Gulf War, many reporters submitted to censorship of their stories because: |
| | A) | They wanted them to be accurate. |
| | B) | The delay in publication caused by appealing censors' decisions made stories lose their timeliness. |
| | C) | They would be jailed if they didn't. |
| | D) | They wanted to be on good terms with military officials. |
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Instances of censorship in the high school press: |
| | A) | Have declined significantly since the Hazelwood case. |
| | B) | Cannot be regarded as true First Amendment cases because the speakers and writers are minors. |
| | C) | Have tripled since 1988. |
| | D) | Have increased only in private high schools since 1988. |
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The Supreme Court ruling in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) stated that: |
| | A) | High school students do not receive First Amendment protection because they are minors. |
| | B) | High school students have limited First Amendment rights in school. |
| | C) | High school students have the same First Amendment protection as anyone else. |
| | D) | High school students may be censored only when their speech brings into question official district educational policy. |
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Many universities have attempted to censor student newspapers during the 1990s based on the rationale that: |
| | A) | Controversial stories are disruptive and interfere with university purposes. |
| | B) | Students must be protected from offensive speech. |
| | C) | There is confusion among readers as to whether student newspapers represent students or university policies. |
| | D) | Each of the above is correct. |
| | E) | None of the above are correct since universities, unlike high schools, may not censor students. |
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Which factor do courts consider when deciding whether high schools may censor student journalists? |
| | A) | Is the newspaper produced as part of a journalism class? |
| | B) | Is the newspaper produced in school as part of an extracurricular activity? |
| | C) | Is the newspaper produced by students off campus? |
| | D) | All of the above are correct. |
| | E) | None of the above are correct. |
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The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act: |
| | A) | Applies to campus crime reports at all universities. |
| | B) | Applies to campus crime reports at public universities. |
| | C) | Does not apply to law enforcement records. |
| | D) | Has been effective in making campus crime reports available to the student press. |
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It is clear from Island Trees v. Pico (1982) that: |
| | A) | The Supreme Court was split as to the conditions under which a local school board may remove books from the library without violating the First Amendment. |
| | B) | School boards may not remove books from the library without violating the First Amendment. |
| | C) | School boards may remove books from the library and need not justify their decisions to do so. |
| | D) | School boards may remove books from the library if the books contain objectionable ideas. |
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In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court said communication on the Internet deserves as much First Amendment protection as: |
| | A) | Television. |
| | B) | Telephones. |
| | C) | Printed matter. |
| | D) | The Federal Communications Commission decides it does. |
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Time, place, and manner regulations violate the First Amendment unless they: |
| | A) | Are as broad as possible. |
| | B) | Fall short of a complete ban on speech. |
| | C) | Are directed at specific content. |
| | D) | Serve some kind of government interest - large or small. |
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A statute that outlawed billboards and other outdoor advertising, except for on-site commercial signs, would be: |
| | A) | Constitutional since it applies equally to all advertisers. |
| | B) | Constitutional since it serves a state interest in that it creates a pleasing aesthetic, avoids clutter, and is a traffic safety measure. |
| | C) | Constitutional because it is content neutral. |
| | D) | Unconstitutional because it allows commercial speech while banning otherwise protected speech. |
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In some states an individual may have a right to free speech in a private forum arena such as a shopping mall because: |
| | A) | State constitutions and legislatures are free to allow for more expansive freedoms than are found in the U.S. Constitution. |
| | B) | The First Amendment recognizes private shopping centers as public forums. |
| | C) | It is not yet clear whether the First Amendment applies to such cases, and so the expansive freedom rule is controlling. |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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The New York "Son of Sam" law that made it impossible for felons to keep the profits from books they wrote about their crimes was considered in Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. New York Crime Victims Board (1991). The Supreme Court decided: |
| | A) | States have a compelling interest in preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes. |
| | B) | The law in question was too broad. |
| | C) | The law in question was a content-based regulation. |
| | D) | Each of the above is correct. |
| | E) | None of the above is correct. |
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In McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission (1995), the United States Supreme Court: |
| | A) | Upheld the right of states to forbid anonymous campaign literature. |
| | B) | Ruled that anonymous campaign literature could subject authors to fines of up to $10,000 when sedition is involved. |
| | C) | Ruled that anonymous pamphleteering is "an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent." |
| | D) | Ruled that anonymous pamphleteering is acceptable as long as it conforms to time, manner and place regulations. |
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A military base would be considered: |
| | A) | A designated public forum. |
| | B) | Public property. |
| | C) | Private property. |
| | D) | Open to the public. |
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In Madsen v. Women's Health Center (1994), the U.S. Supreme Court said that states: |
| | A) | Could not restrict where people protested as long as they were on public property. |
| | B) | Could place restrictions on picketing in order to keep the quiet in neighborhoods. |
| | C) | Could create buffer zones between protesters and the people or locations being picketed as long as the buffer zone was no larger than necessary to serve state interests. |
| | D) | Could create buffer zones between protesters and the people or locations being picketed as long as the buffer zones did not include public walkways. |
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