Con Law

Question 1

Obscenity?

Answer 1

Speech is obscene if it describes or depicts sexual conduct specified
by statute that, taken as a whole, by the average person:
* Appeals to the prurient interest in sex, using a contemporary
community standard
* Is patently offensive under contemporary community standards
AND
* Lacks serious value (literary, artistic, political, or scientific), using a national, reasonable person standard

Question 2

Elements of Defamation (public official or figure)

Answer 2

1. Falsity
2. Actual Malice
   
   • knowledge of falsity
   • reckless disregard for truth

Question 3

Elements of Defamation (private figure)

Answer 3

• if public concern
  - actual damages –> negligence
  - punitive/statutory damages –> actual malice
• if private concern
  • actual malice not needed