The most widely accepted rationale of how freedom of speech works based on the economic concept of a free market

Situations where the disagreement of hecklers or demonstrators addresses the actions of a speaker without intervention of the law

what are the five sources of law?

Can the government force you to express speech?

State action doctrine

The term used to refer to the basis for a legal claim against the government for a violation of civil rights

To determine what should be done in a case, a judge looks at how similar cases have been decided in the past

Establishes three branches of government, responsibilities and limits on power of each. Highest law of the land. No law can override.

"Judge made law." Legal rules created by court decisions. Judges look at past cases and interpret the law based on how it was used before.

laws passed by a legislative body

Defamation of the government that may incite resistance, unrest, rebellion

This case established that students don't shed their rights at the schoolhouse gates

This case established that the rights of students are "not automatically the rights of adults in other settings"

This case established that the first amendment allows educators to exercise editorial control over the content of speech as long as their actions are related to "legitimate pedagogical concerns"

This forum is a place long devoted to public speech

This forum is place created by the government for expressive activities

Content-neutral limitations that can be imposed by the government on expressive activity

Public property that is off limits to expressive activities

what precedent did Hustler Magazine vs Falwell establish?

This case established the fighting words doctrine

what court case did the Supreme Court ruled that a statement must communicate a serious expression of intent to threaten?

what is the brandenburg test?

This case established the precedent that speech can be prohibited if it is "directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action"

This case involved a law about cross burning that was upheld by the supreme court

This case involved a law about cross burning that was struck down by the supreme court

This court case established that the first amendment limits the ability to impose damages for the publication of a statement about a public figure

This case established that the press and the public have the right to access information about the exercise of government power

The "Richmond test"

The "press enterprise test"

This case established that journalists must be held responsible for breaking confidentiality promise

What case did a principal tried to censor a high school newspaper because it contained stories about teen pregnancy and divorce?

This case established the precedent that schools can exercise editorial control over school-sponsored expressive activities as long as their actions are "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."

Case about freedom of the press for college student media, specifically college newspapers

What case established that it is a first amendment violation for a college to confiscate a student yearbook or censor media based on disagreement with content or style?

what case established the "actual malice" standard for defamation involving public officials or public figures?

What case established that parody is protected under fair use even if it is commercial

what case established that journalists can be sued for breaking a confidentiality agreement?

Suppression of material prior to publication or broadcast on the grounds that it is harmful