Quiz 10/22

Question 1

Published an Ad about MLK with wrong facts, Public safety commissioner sued, Libel action suit

Answer 1

New York Times v Sullivan

Question 2

ACTUAL MALICE STANDARD- made it harder for public officials to win defamation lawsuits

Answer 2

New York times v Sullivan

Question 3

Gave the press more leeway to report matters on public officials without fear of being sued

Answer 3

New York Times v Sullivan

Question 4

Defined that Obscenity is not protected by the 1st amendment and the government has some regulation upon it

Answer 4

Roth v US

Question 5

Roth test

Answer 5

1957, material can be obscene if appeals to sexual interests

Question 6

Possession of obscene material in ones home is protected by the First Amendment

Answer 6

Stanley v Georgia

Question 7

Cannot punish people for what they do in private

Answer 7

Stanley v Georgia

Question 8

The court can regulate and ban obscenity, regardless of audience consent, Public exhibition does not have the same privacy protections

Answer 8

Paris Adult Theatre v Slaton

Question 9

Restrictions on public venues showing obscene films

Answer 9

Paris Adult Theatre v Slaton

Question 10

Applying community standards, prurient interests

Answer 10

1st Miller rule

Question 11

Sexual conduct in an offensive way

Answer 11

2nd Miller rule

Question 12

Lacks serious literacy, artistic, political, or scientific value

Answer 12

3rd Miller rule

Question 13

The Miller test

Answer 13

Miller v California

Question 14

moved away from national standards, allowed local communities to use their own standards for obscenity

Answer 14

Miller v California

Question 15

Defined the 2nd amendment, allow to bear arms

Answer 15

District of Columbia v Heller

Question 16

Struck down DC’s handgun ban

Answer 16

District of Columbia v Heller

Question 17

“proper cause” to obtain a concealed carry license is unconstitutional

Answer 17

New York State Rifle v Bruen

Question 18

Which test overturned The Roth Standard

Answer 18

The Miller test

Question 19

Which test didn’t account for different community values

Answer 19

The Roth Test

Question 20

which case thinks that community standards should be on a national basis

Answer 20

Jacobellis v Ohio

Question 21

which case modified the Roth standard by adding that the material must be “utterly without redeeming social value”

Answer 21

Memoirs v Massachusetts

Question 22

The state has a “rational basis” to regulate obscene materials even in a private theatre

Answer 22

Paris Adult Theatre v Slaton

Question 23

child pornography can be regulated more strictly regardless of the miller test due to the interest protecting children

Answer 23

New York v Ferber

Question 24

The primary standards for obscenity since 1973

Answer 24

Miller v California

Question 25

Special rules apply to what?

Answer 25

Child pornography

Question 26

Was one of the first major federal gun control laws, regulating certain types of weapons.

Answer 26

National Firearms Act

Question 27

Upheld that the Second Amendment does not protect possession of a weapon, not related to militia service

Answer 27

US v Miller

Question 28

Which case sent a precedent for privacy rights for cases like Roe v Wade

Answer 28

Griswold v Connecticut