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Which of the following describe state "access" laws in general?
Agencies must provide advance notice their meetings & conduct most meetings openly
The intersection of American media with the American System of justice sets up a clash between
what?
The 1st and 6th Amendment
The ___ Amendment to the Constitution provides a ______ defendant with the right to _____.
6th, criminal, and speedy public trial
The clash of rights between the 1st and 6th Amendment most often occur in high profile civil trials.
False
An impartial jury means a jury whose members have no been exposed to any info about a case prior
to having been elected as a juror
False
Criminal convictions are frequently overturned because of excessive pretrial publicity
False
From a free speech perspective which of the following is the most extreme remedy for a pretrial
publicity
Gag order
Which of the following involves extensive questioning of prospective jurors?
Intensive vior dire
If a judge issues a gag order on trial participants and on the media covering a trial and those gag
orders are then challenged, the media are more likely to win the challenge then are the trial
participants
True
A judge can never close a courtroom to the media or members of the general public
False
Court records are considered open to the media for inspection but not to members of the general
public
False
Cameras are routinely permitted in the state and federal courtrooms
False