ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Brandenburg v. Ohio - CORRECT ANSWER - Brandenburg won- Ohio violated right to
free speech
US v. O'Brien - CORRECT ANSWER - O'Brien won- burning draft card does not violate
first amendment
Texas v. Johnson - CORRECT ANSWER - Johnson won- flag burning is protected by the
First Amendment
- it's symbolic speech and political speech
Reed v. Town of Gilbert - CORRECT ANSWER - Reed won- supreme court decided the
town's sign code violated the 1st amendment
- sign code was based on content
-used strict scrutiny for case
R.A.V. v. St. Paul - CORRECT ANSWER - RAV won- content based
city violated the 1st amendment
Virginia v. Black - CORRECT ANSWER - Black won- (similar to RAV) state violated
1st amendment
-cross burning is not meant to intimidate
NY Times v. US - CORRECT ANSWER - NY Times won- gov't tried to say they can't
write an article about the pentagon papers because it was harmful to gov't
- tried to use prior restraint