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COM Law Exam 1 Flashcards

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Zenger 1735

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  • jailed for seditious libel (criticism of the gov.)
  • acquitted by jury bc claims were true
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statutory law does not pre-empt federal law

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true

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common law

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  • used by most states
  • past legal precedents or judicial rulings are used to decide cases at hand
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civil law

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  • used by lousiana (only state)
  • looks into what could happen in the future in order to anticipate new laws
  • private law between individuals
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criminal law

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  • an offense against society
  • the state takes care of it
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tort

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  • personal injuries (property, reputation, etc.)
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SCOTUS

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  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • top court in the country
  • 9 justices
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USCA

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  • United States Court of Appeals
  • 13 court of appeals
  • 180 judges
  • circuit courts (boone is in the 4th circuit)
  • appellee v. appellant (winner name first in case name)
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USDC

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  • United States District Courts
  • 94 district courts
  • ~650 judges
  • plaintiff v defendant (plaintiff name first in court case)
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certiorari

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  • you have to submit a petition of certiorari to get an appeal to SCOTUS and if accepted, they’ll grant you a writ of certiorari
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writ of certiorari

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  • constitutional question
  • repeated
  • number of people affected
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panel rehearing

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  • panel of 3 judges that issued the original decision reconsiders the case
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en banc rehearing

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  • full courts reconsiders the case
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majority v dissenting opinion

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ex. 5 - 4 (5 = majority; 4 = dissenting)

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appellee

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  • winner
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appellant

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  • loser
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concurring opinion

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  • always written by someone within the majority
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dissenting opinion

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  • always written by someone within the dissenting
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per curiam

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  • by the court
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prior restraint

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  • government action that prohibits speech or other expression before the speech happens
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absolutism

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  • a political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority
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plaintiff

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  • person who sues
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defendant

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  • person being sued
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Gitlow v. NY (1925)

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  • applied free speech to state governments through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • due process clause prohibited deprivation of life, liberty or property
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Near v Minnesota (1931)

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  • prior restraint on publication violates freedom of the press
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viewpoint discrimination

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  • singling out a particular opinion or perspective on that subject matter for treatment unlike that given to other viewpoints
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strict scrutiny

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  • highest standard that is used to evaluate expressive activity
  • determines the constitutionality of certain laws
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Texas v Johnson (1988)

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  • burning the American flag was protected speech under the First Amendment, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech
  • 5-4 upholding
  • arguement for = symbolic speech
  • argument against = expressive conduct
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Barnette v W. Virginia (1943)

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  • Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public school
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Snyder v Phelps

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  • speech on a matter of public concern, on a public street, cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress, even in the circumstances that the speech is viewed or interpreted as “offensive” or “outrageous”
  • 5-4 upholding
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Schenck v US (1919)

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  • freedom of speech can be restricted if speech represents a “clear and present danger”
  • 9-0 upholding
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Abrams v US (1919)

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  • the First Amendment does not protect speech that is designed to undermine the US in war by fueling disorder
  • 8-1
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Dennis v US (1951)

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  • made it a criminal offense to advocate the violent overthrow of the government
  • violated smith act (outlaws espionage)
  • desirability of communism is ok (as a concept)
  • advocacy of communism is not ok
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Yates v US (1957)

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  • court said he was advocating idea of communism (which was ok)
  • advocating action is not ok
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Brandenburg v Ohio (1969)

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  • hate speech is protected under 1st amendment so long as it doesn’t incite violence
  • advocating action is ok
  • inciting action is not ok
  • KKK
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2nd class speech

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  • commercial speech
  • sexual speech
  • because they’re regulated
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true threat

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  • intent to intimidate
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Chaplinsky v New Hamp. (1942)

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  • fighting words are not protected under the First Amendment
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fighting words

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  • have to be spoken face-to-face
  • have to be likely to cause an immediate breach of peace
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worthless speech

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  • name calling
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worthwhile speech

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  • debate of ideas
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Cohen v California (1971)

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  • “fuck the draft” on jacket
  • established that the government generally cannot criminalize the display of profane words in public places
  • political speech is protected by the First Amendment
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Tinker v Des Moines (1969)

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  • students wore black arm bands in protest of the vietnam war
  • defined First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools
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Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1988)

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  • schools may restrict what is published in student newspapers if the papers have not been established as public forums
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13th amendment (1865)

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  • abolished slavery
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14th amendment (1867)

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  • equal rights (not women)
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15th amendment (1870)

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  • voting for black men

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