JRN 430 Midterm answers
What are the three branches of government?✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What is common law?✔✔judge made law
Who is part of the legislative branch?✔✔Senate and House of Representatives
Who is part of the Executive Branch?✔✔President, Vice President, Cabinet
What is prior restraint?✔✔The prohibition of expression at its source by the
government; also called censorship
What is Open Marketplace of Ideas?✔✔When all ideas are allowed to be expressed,
the truth will prevail. (no idea is a false idea)
Why is the First Amendment so important?✔✔-It is core to our country
-Enlightenment
-Self-fulfillment (ability to chose whatever you want)
-Self government (make our own choices/community)
-Categorical
Levels of Scrutiny✔✔1. Strict
2. Intermediate
3. Rational Basis
Three instances of Prior Restraint✔✔1. Movement of troop ships
2. Clear and present danger
3. Obscenity
Five elements of libel✔✔Identification, publication, defamation, fault, damages
What five fundamental freedoms does the First Amendment protect?✔✔1. Religion
2. Speech
3. Press
4. Assembly
5. Petition
What is a FOIA?✔✔Freedom of Information Act, gives the public the right to request
access to records from any federal agency
What is libel?✔✔written communication that damages a persons reputation, that
holds a person up to hatred or ridicule
What is defamation?✔✔communication that injure's another reputation, that holds
one to scorn, ridicule or spite. (false and defamatory)
What are the three branches of government?✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What is common law?✔✔judge made law
Who is part of the legislative branch?✔✔Senate and House of Representatives
Who is part of the Executive Branch?✔✔President, Vice President, Cabinet
What is prior restraint?✔✔The prohibition of expression at its source by the
government; also called censorship
What is Open Marketplace of Ideas?✔✔When all ideas are allowed to be expressed,
the truth will prevail. (no idea is a false idea)
Why is the First Amendment so important?✔✔-It is core to our country
-Enlightenment
-Self-fulfillment (ability to chose whatever you want)
-Self government (make our own choices/community)
-Categorical
Levels of Scrutiny✔✔1. Strict
2. Intermediate
3. Rational Basis
Three instances of Prior Restraint✔✔1. Movement of troop ships
2. Clear and present danger
3. Obscenity
Five elements of libel✔✔Identification, publication, defamation, fault, damages
What five fundamental freedoms does the First Amendment protect?✔✔1. Religion
2. Speech
3. Press
4. Assembly
5. Petition
What is a FOIA?✔✔Freedom of Information Act, gives the public the right to request
access to records from any federal agency
What is libel?✔✔written communication that damages a persons reputation, that
holds a person up to hatred or ridicule
What is defamation?✔✔communication that injure's another reputation, that holds
one to scorn, ridicule or spite. (false and defamatory)
