JRN 430 random quiz questions and
answers
in Near v. Minnesota, the supreme court ruled that✔✔-prior restraints pose a serious
threat of censorship
-laws that punish past actions by banning future publications are a form of prior
restraint
-prior restraints may be legal when necessary to serve an extremely important
government interest
a traditional public forum is✔✔public property that is held in trust for the public to use
for assembly and communication
the first amendment protects public school students while at school✔✔true
never protected by the first amendment✔✔speech that violates a person's legal right
to privacy
the wording of the (Federal) freedom of information act allows federal agencies
significant flexibility in determining whether a record should be disclosed✔✔true
Michigan's FOIA applies to all public bodies at the state and local levels, but does
not include✔✔The governor, Lt governor, executive office and employees, the
judiciary, and individual legislators
other than grant the request, which of the following options can a public body do
within the timeframe of the initial Michigan FOIA request✔✔grant the request in part
and issue a written notice denying the request in part
if michigan public body denies a FOIA request, the requester's only remedy is to
appeal to the head of the public body✔✔false
if an action has been initiated to invalidate a decision of a public body, the public
body may re-enact the action to conform with the rules of the act, as long as they
admit they made a decision contrary to the rules of the act✔✔false
when a law is challenged as applied, courts judge the laws constitutionally based
entirely on the language of the law✔✔false
fighting words✔✔threaten to immediately disturb the peace
when the court weighs different categories of speech against competing interests, it
is using ad hoc balancing to determine first amendment protections✔✔false
in Tinker V. Des Moines independent school district, the supreme court ruled that
public schools✔✔may not regulate non disruptive student protest
answers
in Near v. Minnesota, the supreme court ruled that✔✔-prior restraints pose a serious
threat of censorship
-laws that punish past actions by banning future publications are a form of prior
restraint
-prior restraints may be legal when necessary to serve an extremely important
government interest
a traditional public forum is✔✔public property that is held in trust for the public to use
for assembly and communication
the first amendment protects public school students while at school✔✔true
never protected by the first amendment✔✔speech that violates a person's legal right
to privacy
the wording of the (Federal) freedom of information act allows federal agencies
significant flexibility in determining whether a record should be disclosed✔✔true
Michigan's FOIA applies to all public bodies at the state and local levels, but does
not include✔✔The governor, Lt governor, executive office and employees, the
judiciary, and individual legislators
other than grant the request, which of the following options can a public body do
within the timeframe of the initial Michigan FOIA request✔✔grant the request in part
and issue a written notice denying the request in part
if michigan public body denies a FOIA request, the requester's only remedy is to
appeal to the head of the public body✔✔false
if an action has been initiated to invalidate a decision of a public body, the public
body may re-enact the action to conform with the rules of the act, as long as they
admit they made a decision contrary to the rules of the act✔✔false
when a law is challenged as applied, courts judge the laws constitutionally based
entirely on the language of the law✔✔false
fighting words✔✔threaten to immediately disturb the peace
when the court weighs different categories of speech against competing interests, it
is using ad hoc balancing to determine first amendment protections✔✔false
in Tinker V. Des Moines independent school district, the supreme court ruled that
public schools✔✔may not regulate non disruptive student protest
