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| freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition |
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| 1798 illegal to criticize government |
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| 1873 made it illegal to send materials for sex education through the mail, banned all sex education, birth control, and abortion info. |
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| The Clear and Present Danger Docterine |
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| Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1919, the freedom of expression should only be punished when words create a clear and present danger to those around; Holmes said congress had the right to prevent that activity |
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| 1940; illegail to advocate the violent overthrow of the US government; softened in 1957(defendant must advocate specific action in indicating a clear and present danger) |
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| The Equal Opportunity Rule |
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| part of hte communications Act of 1934; mandates that if a broadcars station permits on legally qualified candidate for any elective public office to use its facilities, it must afford an equal opportunity for all other legally qualified candidates for the same office |
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| doctrine that allows the copying of a work for a noncommercial use |
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| the repeal of government rules and regulations |
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| that media must be allowed to publish; they can be prosecuted after the fact if they break a law, but they must not be prevented in advance from publishing |
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| media organizations need to keep up with the laws of many countries |
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| basic laws of a country or state |
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| the rules and regulations of governmental agencies |
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| Collection of laws or statutes written by legislative bodies such as the US Congress. |
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| protect the rights of citizens to have privacy |
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| laws established in colonial America that made it illegal to criticize government or its representatives |
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| willful disobedience of the rules of a court or legislative body |
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| public law that deals with crimes and their prosecution |
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| law that considers disputes between private parties |
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| communication that is false and injures a reputation |
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| defamation that occurs in a trasitory form, such as speech |
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| published or broadcast defamation |
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| laws that ensure that public meetings are conducted in the open |
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| Seditious libel laws in Colonial America made it illegal to |
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| criticize the government or political leaders |
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| The Comstock Act, passed in 1873 was written to regulate |
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| The Smith Act was created to |
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| make illegal any speech that advocated the violent overthrow of the U.S. government |
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| The Fairness Doctrine required that |
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| broadcasters provide airtime for the discussion of important public issues and that all viewpoints on these issues were covered |
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| One effect of the government's process of deregulation was |
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| media conglomerations becoming bigger. |
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| The Supreme Court found the Communications Decency Act of 1996 unconstitutional because |
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| it did not provide the Internet the same kind of freedom as print media enjoyed |
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| Which type of law is based on the collection of laws written by legislative bodies? |
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| Satire and comedy are protected from libel suits because |
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| they are forms of fair comment |
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| Satire and comedy are protected from libel suits because |
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| they are forms of fair comment |
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| The fair use doctrine allows |
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| copyrighted work to be copied by others for non-commercial use, with some conditions |
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| The fair use doctrine allows |
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| copyrighted work to be copied by others for non-commercial use, with some conditions |
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| Shield laws are designed to protect |
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| Which of the following is an exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell an invention for a specified number of years? |
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| The Freedom of Information Act is a federal law to ensure |
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| According to the text, which of the following is accepted as being most protected by the First Amendment? |
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| Newspapers have been given more protection in libel cases than books or magazines, because it is the ne |
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| work under tighter deadline |
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| One solution to prejudicial publicity interfering with a trial is _________________, in which a judge warns jurors not to read, watch, or listen to news reports, and to consider only the evidence presented in the courtroom. |
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