chap 4- QUESTIONS Flashcards
Which act has changed the logic of prior restraint, according to the text?
shift from print media to the web
The amendment which took the Bill of Rights to the states was the
Fourteenth
The debate around free speech is usually over the _____ of protected speech
limits
What types of words are not protected by the Constitution?
Fighting Words
Which religion was at the center of Supreme Court controversy during World War II?
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Pick the correct match of test with right:
Sherbert or balancing test; free exercise of religion
Justice Holmes developed the test for free speech known as the _____ test.
clear and present danger
Which amendment guarantees the right to privacy?
No amendment guarantees privacy
Using the Fourteenth Amendment to extend protections from the Bill of Rights to the state governments is called
incorporation.
Which direction are the courts moving regarding the rights of the accused?
away from individual protections and toward enhanced government powers
The Constitution mentions privacy in Article _____.
does not mention
The Supreme Court has been moving in what direction regarding gun rights-
more protection
The president who first called for a National Day of Prayer was
George washington
Obscenity is
subjected to the miller test
The 14th Amendment
slowly incorporated the bill of rights and applied it to the states
