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Section 3 - Freedom of Speech and Press
The Free Exchange of Ideas
Freedom of ________________ and Freedom of __________________ guarantees are
meant to:
____________ each person’s ______________ of __________ ____________________,
whether ________________, ________________, or communicated in any other way.
(_________________________ ______________)
Freedom of Speech and Press do not protect:
_______________, the false and malicious use of _______________ words
_______________, the false and malicious use _________________ words
______________________ (of all sorts)
Or words that __________ ____________ to _________________ ______________
(riot, overthrow government, brainwash, storm a theater, etc.)
Seditious Speech
__________________ = crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force, or to
disrupt its lawful activities by violent acts.
________________ _________________ = is speech that urges such conduct by others.
Congress has enacted 3 major laws to prevent sedition and seditious speech:
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
The Sedition Act of 1917
The Smith Act of 1940
Without needing to know all the details of each, all 3 helped make it illegal to speak out against
government or attempt / encourage it to be overthrown (notice all came about during times of
war)
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Obscenity- Obscenity laws --_______________ of _________________/__________________ IS NOT
____________________ –
permitted if
Obscenity Test laid out in _________________ v. ______________________, _______
1) By contemporary standards is it _________ / over top then its obscene
2) Work describes offensive sexual conduct that is specifically _________________ as
_____________________ then = obscene
3) The work lacks _______________ _________________ of any variety.
The Media
The relationship between the Freedom of Speech and Press Amendments and the Media:
__________________________ - Supreme Court ruled that members of the news media
are not allowed to keep their sources _______________________ in a federal court of
law.
……HOWEVER – _________ STATES do have “______________ _______________” for
state court cases that give reporters some protection against having to reveal their sources
(setting up a state v. federal law conflict)
Both RADIO and TELEVISION Media: Government _______________________ is
involved. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) monitors what can be broadcast
– Music and video games are included in this.
Symbolic Speech
__________________ __________________ is ______________ by
_____________________ – such as carrying a __________, a ______________
expression, ____________ gesture, __________ language, wearing an ______
_________, wearing “boobie” bracelets, _________ _______________, etc.
________________, the patrolling of a business site by workers on strike, is a common
form of symbolic speech.
Supreme Court rulings show that the blanket of “symbolic speech” covers only so much.
It does not cover destroying ____________ cards (________________
______________ v. _______________, _________) as it is an order from government
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……- but it does cover __________ _______________ (_________ v.
________________, 1989, and United States v. _________________, 1990).
Commercial Speech
_____________________ ____________ --- speech for business purposes, usually
advertising.
Freedom of Speech does not protect advertising as follows:
………false and ___________________ _________________, advertising
_______________ goods or services, and the promotion of _____________
_______________ on the radio or television.
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