1st amendment in schools

From which U.S. Supreme Court case does the “legitimate

pedagogical concern” standard for regulating high school press

come?

• Hazelwood V. Kuhlmeier

• Near V. Minnesota

• Bartnicki V. Vopper

• Nebraska Press Association V. Stuart

Which of the following scenarios could lead to an injunction (i.e. a “prior restraint”) being legitimately placed against the press to prevent publication?

• The government can prove that the information will cause

  certain, immediate and irreparable harm to life or property.

• A trial court judge has exhausted all other remedies to protect

  the Sixth Amendment rights of a criminal defendant, and her

  only remaining option to ensure those rights are protected is to

  restrain publication of prejudicial information about the

  defendant.

• A book publisher notices that a magazine has unfairly used a

  portion of a copyrighted book to write an article about the book.

• All of the above

The free exercise clause is best defined as which of the following?

• A provision of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from interfering with someone’s ability to practice their religion

• A provision of the Fourteenth Amendment that prohibits governments from depriving a person’s life, liberty, or property without due process of law

• A provision of the First Amendment that prohibits the federal government from making an official American religion

• A provision of the Fourteenth Amendment that prohibits governments from denying any person within their jurisdiction equal protection under the law

The 1st amendment right to free speech is absolute, and I can say whatever I want, whenever I want, wherever I want, including at school.

• True
• False

I can spread rumors about someone even if they aren’t true, because that is freedom of speech and it is protected by the 1st amendment.

• True
• False

Schools can censor the contents of the school newspaper if they express an opinion that the administrators don’t like and that is likely to cause a disruption on campus.

• True
• False

Schools can discipline students for off-campus internet speech and activity, even though it does not take place at school.

• True
• False

Schools have the power to limit the types of clubs formed on campus. For example, a school could ban a club if it disagrees with the views of that club or think that it would be disruptive, such as a political club.

• True
• False

Technically, schools cannot ban students from using vulgar or offensive language, as this is protected by the 1st amendment, and appears in so many places in our popular culture, such as music and in movies.

• True
• False

Schools can punish groups of students more harshly for walking out on class as a form of organized protest, instead of simply ditching.

• True
• False