JMS 494 Exam 2 Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
FROM EXAM #1 -
Strict Scrutiny -
Different categories of speech -
correct answer ✅Political speech
Government speech
Compelled speech
Election speech
Anonymous speech
CHAPTER 7: Gathering Information -
Important Court Cases -
correct answer ✅FOOD LION vs CAPITAL CITIES, INC./ABC
- Abc news
- Primetime live
- Reporters use fake names to get jobs at grocery stores
- Exposed unethical food processes
- Food lion sues for 5 million in damages
- Judge reduced the settlement
,JMS 494 Exam 2 Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
- Gave black eye to abc
BARTNICKI V VOPPER
- Third party making recording to people who didn't know
- Recording released to media outlaw -> local radio
- Courts say it's okay (compelling interest) right to know
- Teachers union
- Violent intimidation
- First amendment protects journalists
- Media outlet was not a part of the wiretapping they just came into
the recording
- Convo was matter of public concern
WILSON V LAYNE
- The state of ride-along (don't give journalists extra rights)
- A search warrant entitles officers, but not reporters, to enter a
home
- The presence of reporters is unrelated to the authorized intrusion
- The presence of reporters serves no legitimate law enforcement
purposes
, JMS 494 Exam 2 Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
- Inviting reporters for the executing of a search warrant violates
fourth amendment
Rules about recording conversations -
correct answer ✅- Recording events on public property --
generally acceptable
- First amendment protection for recording police activity in public
- Even in states in which two-party consent for recordings, courts
now say it is okay to record police in public
- Using plainly visible equipment is okay
- Federal law and FCC: calls that cross state lines
- Hidden recordings regulated through statutes-- each state has its
own rules
FOIA (definition & common exemptions) -
correct answer ✅DEF: freedom of information act; Anything
connected to federal gov can be requested by public; Presumption
of openness; Response in 20 days
Common Exemptions
Answers 2026
FROM EXAM #1 -
Strict Scrutiny -
Different categories of speech -
correct answer ✅Political speech
Government speech
Compelled speech
Election speech
Anonymous speech
CHAPTER 7: Gathering Information -
Important Court Cases -
correct answer ✅FOOD LION vs CAPITAL CITIES, INC./ABC
- Abc news
- Primetime live
- Reporters use fake names to get jobs at grocery stores
- Exposed unethical food processes
- Food lion sues for 5 million in damages
- Judge reduced the settlement
,JMS 494 Exam 2 Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
- Gave black eye to abc
BARTNICKI V VOPPER
- Third party making recording to people who didn't know
- Recording released to media outlaw -> local radio
- Courts say it's okay (compelling interest) right to know
- Teachers union
- Violent intimidation
- First amendment protects journalists
- Media outlet was not a part of the wiretapping they just came into
the recording
- Convo was matter of public concern
WILSON V LAYNE
- The state of ride-along (don't give journalists extra rights)
- A search warrant entitles officers, but not reporters, to enter a
home
- The presence of reporters is unrelated to the authorized intrusion
- The presence of reporters serves no legitimate law enforcement
purposes
, JMS 494 Exam 2 Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
- Inviting reporters for the executing of a search warrant violates
fourth amendment
Rules about recording conversations -
correct answer ✅- Recording events on public property --
generally acceptable
- First amendment protection for recording police activity in public
- Even in states in which two-party consent for recordings, courts
now say it is okay to record police in public
- Using plainly visible equipment is okay
- Federal law and FCC: calls that cross state lines
- Hidden recordings regulated through statutes-- each state has its
own rules
FOIA (definition & common exemptions) -
correct answer ✅DEF: freedom of information act; Anything
connected to federal gov can be requested by public; Presumption
of openness; Response in 20 days
Common Exemptions
