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True or false: the legal constitution protections against government are collectively referred to as civil rights |
False |
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True or false: in 1833, in Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court ruled that the bill of rights applied only to the national government |
True |
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True or false: the legal concept under which the Supreme Court has nationalized the bill of rights is called the incorporation doctrine |
True |
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True or false: in most cases courts have ruled that teachers cannot discuss creationism as an alternative to evolution, but they can discuss “intelligent design” |
False |
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True or false: prior restraints refers to unlawful arrest without probable clause |
False |
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True or false: the publication of false or malicious statements that damage someone’s reputation is called libel |
True |
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True or false: the Supreme Court has permitted communities to use time, place, and manner restrictions to stifle free expression |
False |
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True or false: mapp v Ohio incorporated the 14th amendment to the states |
True |
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True or false: in the decades since the miranda decision, the Supreme Court has made no exceptions to its requirements |
False |
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True or false: the laws governing abortions for women under the age of 18 vary from state to state |
True |
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Why is free speech essential to a democracy? |
Because you need to hear the voices of the majority and minority to help with issues that come up |
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What is meant by symbolic speech?provide some examples and explain how Supreme Court has balanced competing interests surrounding symbolic speech. |
Symbolic speech is nonverbal communication but has meaning to it. For example burning the American flag and/or wearing an armband is symbolic speech. The Supreme Court had the Texas v Johnson case where they showed concern and how they made the law of not allowing the burning of the flag |
