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21 Cards in this Set
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Free Exercise Clause
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- Every American has the right to believe in/worship anything they want
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Freedom of Speech
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-guarantee of spoken & written words, as well as symbolic speech
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general limits for freedom of speech
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- "Fire" in a crowded movie theater
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Limits on Free Speech
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- Defamation
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Defamation
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An untrue attack on someone's reputation. Slander is spoken and libel is written.
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famous people's expectations in terms of free speech
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negative press
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Seditious Speech
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advocating or urging the violent overthrow of geovernment.
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Obscenity
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"I can't define it, but I know when I see it." - Justice Potter
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3 part test for obscenity
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- Against community standards?
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symbolic speech
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-actions taht take place of words or enhance use of words?
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Commercial speech
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-Advertising receives limited protection by the 1st amendment
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protections of commercial speech
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-right to advertise any legal product or service
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Radio & commercial TV
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- highly regarded forms of speech & press
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1st Amendment freedom of the press
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-"A free press i snot a privilege, but a necessity in a great society." Walter Lippman
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role of the press
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"Watchdog" over government infor the public what government is doing.
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freedom of press prevents
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Censorship - government control over the press & prior restraint - not allowing published info to get to the public.
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Freedom of petition & assembly
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- guarantees the right to meet in public to express views on issues, the right to organize into groups & the right to complain to public officials
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Government can regulate
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time
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limits on freedom of assemby & petition
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-inciting violence, blocking busy streets, & protesting to near schools or courthouses.
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Freedom of Association
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- right to have private organizations who can choose their own members
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Examples of Freedom of Association
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-Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
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