3.4

Question 1

It is rare, that government can limit freedom of the press. Which of the following scenarios could be a justifiable reason to do so?

Answer 1

Troop positions during military conflict

Question 2

Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist number 51” if men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to government, neither external nor internal controls and government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, be great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the government: and in the next place obliged it to control itself. A dependence on the people is no doubt the primary control on the government: experience has mankind in the necessity of auxiliary precautions” which of the following statements, best summarizes Hamilton arguments?

Answer 2

So citizens and government need to be checked and limited

Question 3

Which case recognize that freedom of the press could be limited for national security purposes?

Answer 3

New York Times V US

Question 4

Which of the following statements best describes the Supreme Court application of our fundamental rights and privileges to public school students?

Answer 4

Students possess First Amendment rights, but they can be limited more easily while on campus

Question 5

According to the founders, what is the origin of our civil liberties?

Answer 5

Nature

Question 6

The Supreme Court ruled that the freedom of the press could be limited for national security reasons. Which of the following terms refers to this limitation?

Answer 6

Executive privilege

Question 7

Which of the following is the best description of the freedom of the press as understood by the Supreme Court

Answer 7

Newspapers magazines and Internet content from government interference

Question 8

Peor restraint is another name for

Answer 8

Censorship

Question 9

Thomas Jefferson said the way to protect people from tyrants was to give the people “ full information of the tyrants affairs through the channel of the public papers, and to contrive that those papers should penetrate the whole mass of the people were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or a newspapers. Without a government, I would not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” which of the following best captures his meaning

Answer 9

A free press is necessary to maintain self government