JOUR 303 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025
UPDATED
A broadcast station that is subject to the "equal opportunities rule" is allowed to
prohibit a candidate from using its airwaves as long as it prohibits all candidates
from doing so.
false
A judge can never close a courtroom to the media or members of the general
public.
false
A public body may charge a fee for searching for and making copies of public
records so long as the charge does not exceed the actual cost of doing so.
true
Child pornography may be banned regardless of whether it is obscene according
to the test for defining obscenity.
true
Court records are considered open to the media for inspection but not to
members of the general public.
false
Criminal convictions are frequently overturned because of excessive pre-trial
publicity.
false
In South Carolina, the "access" law specifies that a public body may properly
deny a written request for documents simply by failing to respond within the time
limit allowed by the law.
false
In South Carolina, the "access" law states that any entity that is supported in
whole or in part by tax dollars is a "public body."
true
Most state obscenity statutes, including South Carolina's, target the production,
distribution, selling and exhibition of such materials but not the possession of
such materials.
true
SC's "access" law allows for criminal prosecution of persons willfully
withoholding access to public meetings or records.
true
The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the hard-core class of
expression, called obscenity, to be without First Amendment protection. This is
based on solid evidence of its harmful effects.
false
The clash of rights between a defendant's fair-trial rights and the media's free-
press rights most often occurs in high-profile civil trials.
false
, The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with local members
of the community in mind.
true
The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with the most
sensitive (e.g., most easily offended) people in mind.
false
The last part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with local members
of the community in mind.
false
A broadcast license lasts for _________ years and ________ be renewed when it
expires:
eight; may
A key Supreme Court opinion concerning reporter privilege is
_________________.
branzburg v. hayes
In Abrams v. United States, Abrams was charged with three counts of violating
the Espionage Act of 1917 after printing and distributing leaflets in New York city.
true
In Abrams v. United States, the government was concerned about the printing
and distribution of flyers that criticized the United States for sending troops to
Russia and urged "workers" in the U.S. to _______________.
arise and put down by force the Government of the United States.
In Abrams, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the Schenck opinion disagreed
with the majority of the Court and wrote a "dissenting" opinion.
true
According to the Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio, a statute which "by its
own words and as applied, purports to punish mere advocacy" is
unconstitutional.
true
An appellate court bases its opinion on the factual testimony and credibility of
witnesses who participated at the trial court level.
false
An "impartial jury" means a jury whose members have not been exposed to any
information about a case prior to having been selected as a juror.
false
After the newspaper editor in Bigelow was charged with violating the Virginia law,
the legislature changed the scope of the law to include only information about
abortions performed in Virginia.
true
In Bigelow v. Virginia, the Supreme Court held that because the speech at issue
had some "commercial" aspects, it did not deserve First Amedndment protection.
false
In Bigelow v. Virginia, the managing editor of a newspaper was charged and
convicted with a misdemeanor for publishing an advertisement for abortion
services available in New York.
true
UPDATED
A broadcast station that is subject to the "equal opportunities rule" is allowed to
prohibit a candidate from using its airwaves as long as it prohibits all candidates
from doing so.
false
A judge can never close a courtroom to the media or members of the general
public.
false
A public body may charge a fee for searching for and making copies of public
records so long as the charge does not exceed the actual cost of doing so.
true
Child pornography may be banned regardless of whether it is obscene according
to the test for defining obscenity.
true
Court records are considered open to the media for inspection but not to
members of the general public.
false
Criminal convictions are frequently overturned because of excessive pre-trial
publicity.
false
In South Carolina, the "access" law specifies that a public body may properly
deny a written request for documents simply by failing to respond within the time
limit allowed by the law.
false
In South Carolina, the "access" law states that any entity that is supported in
whole or in part by tax dollars is a "public body."
true
Most state obscenity statutes, including South Carolina's, target the production,
distribution, selling and exhibition of such materials but not the possession of
such materials.
true
SC's "access" law allows for criminal prosecution of persons willfully
withoholding access to public meetings or records.
true
The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the hard-core class of
expression, called obscenity, to be without First Amendment protection. This is
based on solid evidence of its harmful effects.
false
The clash of rights between a defendant's fair-trial rights and the media's free-
press rights most often occurs in high-profile civil trials.
false
, The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with local members
of the community in mind.
true
The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with the most
sensitive (e.g., most easily offended) people in mind.
false
The last part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with local members
of the community in mind.
false
A broadcast license lasts for _________ years and ________ be renewed when it
expires:
eight; may
A key Supreme Court opinion concerning reporter privilege is
_________________.
branzburg v. hayes
In Abrams v. United States, Abrams was charged with three counts of violating
the Espionage Act of 1917 after printing and distributing leaflets in New York city.
true
In Abrams v. United States, the government was concerned about the printing
and distribution of flyers that criticized the United States for sending troops to
Russia and urged "workers" in the U.S. to _______________.
arise and put down by force the Government of the United States.
In Abrams, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the Schenck opinion disagreed
with the majority of the Court and wrote a "dissenting" opinion.
true
According to the Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio, a statute which "by its
own words and as applied, purports to punish mere advocacy" is
unconstitutional.
true
An appellate court bases its opinion on the factual testimony and credibility of
witnesses who participated at the trial court level.
false
An "impartial jury" means a jury whose members have not been exposed to any
information about a case prior to having been selected as a juror.
false
After the newspaper editor in Bigelow was charged with violating the Virginia law,
the legislature changed the scope of the law to include only information about
abortions performed in Virginia.
true
In Bigelow v. Virginia, the Supreme Court held that because the speech at issue
had some "commercial" aspects, it did not deserve First Amedndment protection.
false
In Bigelow v. Virginia, the managing editor of a newspaper was charged and
convicted with a misdemeanor for publishing an advertisement for abortion
services available in New York.
true
