JOUR 303 Attendance Questions And Answers
In the legal citation "Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 937, 404 (1989)", what does the number 937 indicate?
The page number of the case reporter where the court decision begins
Under the British common law of libel as defined by William Blackstone, if a statement that hurt
someone's reputation was actually true:
It was a more serious crime
Which is not true of the prosecution of John Peter Zenger?
A. Zenger's first two lawyers were disbarred
B. The judge's instructed the jury that if it found that Zenger published the material, they had to find
him guilty
C. It was a moral victory, but it did not set a legal precedent binding on future cases
D. Zenger was acquitted
E. All are true --
The free speech and free press provisions of the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution apply to actions of all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Local government
B. State government
C. The federal government
D. International organizations --
The constitutional requirement that statutes not be so vague that they are
impossible to understand is required by the
Fourteenth Amendment
Which of the following is not a constitutionally acceptable way to react to a Supreme Court ruling
with which you disagree?
Denounce the court and ignore the ruling
Which of the following was likely to be a clear violation of the 1917 Sedition Act?
Criticizing the president of the United States
Which of the following is likely to be a clear violation of the 1917 Sedition Act?
Telling war draftees to be conscientious objectors
A primary reason why the U.S. Supreme Court upheld prosecutions under the 1917 Sedition Act was:
The speech could undermine war effort
Which of the following presents a "dangerous tendency"?
A. Calling a police officer a "pig" during a protest
B. A Facebook post calling for the assassination of the president
C. Calling for the overthrow of the government --
D. Arguing against high defense budgets
, In U.S. v. O'Brien, the Supreme Court upheld O'Brien's conviction for burning his draft card on the
grounds that:
The purpose of the law against burning cards burning draft cards was to support the government's
war effort not to limit speech
Which of the following likely presents a threat of "imminent lawless action"?
A. Calling a police officer a "pig" during a protest
B. A Facebook post calling for the assassination of the president
C. A speech from the steps of the state capitol building to a boisterous crowd, ending with, "The
Governor's in there. Let's go get him!" --
D. Telling war draftees to be conscientious objectors
In Elonis v. U.S., the Supreme Court reversed Elonis's conviction for his Facebook posts threatening his
ex-wife and others on the grounds that:
His posts were not made with any intent to carry them out
The government's primary argument for stopping publication of the pentagon papers was that:
They contained information that would undermine the war effort
The primary rationale of the Supreme Court's decision in favor of The New York Times and the
Washington Post in "New York Times v. U.S." was that:
Releasing the historical information in the Pentagon papers would not undermine the war effort
Aside from possible prosecution under the Espionage Act, government and military employees and
contractors are likely subject to court proceedings under:
Contracts they signed upon employeement
First amendment advocates see leak investigations and prosecutions as threats to freedom of the
press because:
A. They may inhibit the press from uncovering government impropriety
B. They are expensive to litigate
C. They may expose the identities of confidential sources
D. All of the above--
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Near v. Minnesota was an early ruling for the idea that:
Offensive language is protected by the first amendment
In light of Tinker v. Des Moines School District and later cases, schools may punish student's speech:
When it is disruptive to the educational purpose
Taxes and other regulations on the media must:
Apply equally to media regardless of their content
Government restrictions on speech in a particular physical location must:
Allow alternate means of conveying the message
In the legal citation "Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 937, 404 (1989)", what does the number 937 indicate?
The page number of the case reporter where the court decision begins
Under the British common law of libel as defined by William Blackstone, if a statement that hurt
someone's reputation was actually true:
It was a more serious crime
Which is not true of the prosecution of John Peter Zenger?
A. Zenger's first two lawyers were disbarred
B. The judge's instructed the jury that if it found that Zenger published the material, they had to find
him guilty
C. It was a moral victory, but it did not set a legal precedent binding on future cases
D. Zenger was acquitted
E. All are true --
The free speech and free press provisions of the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution apply to actions of all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Local government
B. State government
C. The federal government
D. International organizations --
The constitutional requirement that statutes not be so vague that they are
impossible to understand is required by the
Fourteenth Amendment
Which of the following is not a constitutionally acceptable way to react to a Supreme Court ruling
with which you disagree?
Denounce the court and ignore the ruling
Which of the following was likely to be a clear violation of the 1917 Sedition Act?
Criticizing the president of the United States
Which of the following is likely to be a clear violation of the 1917 Sedition Act?
Telling war draftees to be conscientious objectors
A primary reason why the U.S. Supreme Court upheld prosecutions under the 1917 Sedition Act was:
The speech could undermine war effort
Which of the following presents a "dangerous tendency"?
A. Calling a police officer a "pig" during a protest
B. A Facebook post calling for the assassination of the president
C. Calling for the overthrow of the government --
D. Arguing against high defense budgets
, In U.S. v. O'Brien, the Supreme Court upheld O'Brien's conviction for burning his draft card on the
grounds that:
The purpose of the law against burning cards burning draft cards was to support the government's
war effort not to limit speech
Which of the following likely presents a threat of "imminent lawless action"?
A. Calling a police officer a "pig" during a protest
B. A Facebook post calling for the assassination of the president
C. A speech from the steps of the state capitol building to a boisterous crowd, ending with, "The
Governor's in there. Let's go get him!" --
D. Telling war draftees to be conscientious objectors
In Elonis v. U.S., the Supreme Court reversed Elonis's conviction for his Facebook posts threatening his
ex-wife and others on the grounds that:
His posts were not made with any intent to carry them out
The government's primary argument for stopping publication of the pentagon papers was that:
They contained information that would undermine the war effort
The primary rationale of the Supreme Court's decision in favor of The New York Times and the
Washington Post in "New York Times v. U.S." was that:
Releasing the historical information in the Pentagon papers would not undermine the war effort
Aside from possible prosecution under the Espionage Act, government and military employees and
contractors are likely subject to court proceedings under:
Contracts they signed upon employeement
First amendment advocates see leak investigations and prosecutions as threats to freedom of the
press because:
A. They may inhibit the press from uncovering government impropriety
B. They are expensive to litigate
C. They may expose the identities of confidential sources
D. All of the above--
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Near v. Minnesota was an early ruling for the idea that:
Offensive language is protected by the first amendment
In light of Tinker v. Des Moines School District and later cases, schools may punish student's speech:
When it is disruptive to the educational purpose
Taxes and other regulations on the media must:
Apply equally to media regardless of their content
Government restrictions on speech in a particular physical location must:
Allow alternate means of conveying the message
