MC 401 – Test 2 – Bragg – 2026 – Study Guide and
Practice Material
List The Five Kinds of Damages - correct answer ✔✔ Special
Actual
Nominal
Punitive
Presumed
The Following are Examples of what:
- Media has a right to publish information
- Plaintiff is a Public Person
- Subject Matter
- Opinion based on fact
- Extremely Exaggerated i.e, Political Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Libel Defenses
Case:
In 1966, 3 students violated a school policy and wore black arm bands to school to protest the
Vietnam War.
The students were suspended; they claimed the suspension challenged their 1st Amendment
Rights.
The Federal Court and Appeals Court sided with the School.
This is the most prominent of the Student Speech cases - correct answer ✔✔ Tinker vs De
Moines (1969)
, T/F Wearing an arm band is "Symbolic Speech" that has 1st amendment protection - correct
answer ✔✔ True
Case:
During a school assembly, a student used sexual metaphors in his speech nominating a student
for elective office. The student was suspended. - correct answer ✔✔ Bethel School District vs
Fraser (1986)
T/F The 1st Amendment prohibits a school district from suspending a student who uses lewd
language in a speech at a given school function - correct answer ✔✔ False (a different standard
applies to school sponsored events)
Case:
A High School newspaper called "Spectrum" planned an edition with articles on birth control,
teenage pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, and divorce. The controversial articles were deleted
before publishing. After the paper was published 3 students along with the ACLU sued. The
district Ct. sided with the school, however U.S. Ct. of Appeals reversed this decision. - correct
answer ✔✔ Hazelwood School District vs Kuhlmeier (1988)
T/F The 1st Amendment rights of the students in the Hazelwood case were violated when the
controversial articles were deleted from the paper - correct answer ✔✔ False (this case
significantly gave schools the ability to regulate your rights at school)
This law applies the 1st Amendment to private colleges and Universities - correct answer ✔✔
The Leonard Law
T/F States are able to give rights to citizens, however they cannot take them away - correct
answer ✔✔ True
Case:
Practice Material
List The Five Kinds of Damages - correct answer ✔✔ Special
Actual
Nominal
Punitive
Presumed
The Following are Examples of what:
- Media has a right to publish information
- Plaintiff is a Public Person
- Subject Matter
- Opinion based on fact
- Extremely Exaggerated i.e, Political Rhetoric - correct answer ✔✔ Libel Defenses
Case:
In 1966, 3 students violated a school policy and wore black arm bands to school to protest the
Vietnam War.
The students were suspended; they claimed the suspension challenged their 1st Amendment
Rights.
The Federal Court and Appeals Court sided with the School.
This is the most prominent of the Student Speech cases - correct answer ✔✔ Tinker vs De
Moines (1969)
, T/F Wearing an arm band is "Symbolic Speech" that has 1st amendment protection - correct
answer ✔✔ True
Case:
During a school assembly, a student used sexual metaphors in his speech nominating a student
for elective office. The student was suspended. - correct answer ✔✔ Bethel School District vs
Fraser (1986)
T/F The 1st Amendment prohibits a school district from suspending a student who uses lewd
language in a speech at a given school function - correct answer ✔✔ False (a different standard
applies to school sponsored events)
Case:
A High School newspaper called "Spectrum" planned an edition with articles on birth control,
teenage pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, and divorce. The controversial articles were deleted
before publishing. After the paper was published 3 students along with the ACLU sued. The
district Ct. sided with the school, however U.S. Ct. of Appeals reversed this decision. - correct
answer ✔✔ Hazelwood School District vs Kuhlmeier (1988)
T/F The 1st Amendment rights of the students in the Hazelwood case were violated when the
controversial articles were deleted from the paper - correct answer ✔✔ False (this case
significantly gave schools the ability to regulate your rights at school)
This law applies the 1st Amendment to private colleges and Universities - correct answer ✔✔
The Leonard Law
T/F States are able to give rights to citizens, however they cannot take them away - correct
answer ✔✔ True
Case:
