17. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that student speech thatappears in school-sponsored publications can be regulated andcensored permissibly as long as the school’s actions are reasonablyrelated to legitimate pedagogical concerns was created in which oneof the following cases?

a. Tinker v. Des Moines School District

b. Morse v. Frederick

c. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

d. Bethel School District v. Fraser

21.

What statement best describes the response of the nation’scourts to the libel defense neutral reportage?

a.   Nearly all courts have embraced it.

b.   About half of the courts accept it.

c.   Most courts have not adopted it.

d.   No court has yet accepted it.

25.

Under the void for vagueness doctrine, a statute will bedeclared unconstitutional by a court if

a. there was a disagreement about its meaning among thelegislators who adopted it.

b. it regulates a substantial amount of protected speech alongwith speech that is unprotected by the First Amendment.

c. a person of reasonable and ordinary intelligence would not beable to tell, from looking at its terms, what speech is allowed andwhat speech is prohibited.

d. a judge of reasonable competence and legal training would notbe able to tell, from looking at its terms, what speech is allowedand what speech is prohibited.

29.

Criminal libel suits are

a.   barred by the First Amendment.

b.   a problem for publishers in some regions ofthe United States.

c.   more commonly filed today than 25 yearsago.

d.   more common than civil libel suits.

37.

Which of the following was not a reason theSupreme Court used as a rationale in the New York Times v.Sullivan case?

a. A ruling for Sullivan would imperil the civil rightsmovement.

b. The case was really a seditious libel action.

c. The nation has a long-standing commitment to free and robustdebate.

d. Public officials must expect criticism.