Freedom of Expression
This amendment protects freedom of speech
What is the First Amendment?
What amendment protects against unreasonable searches?
What is the Fourth Amendment?
True or False: Substantive due process involves whether the government has a legitimate basis for taking away a person's right to life, liberty, or property
True
This federal law protects your educational records and prevents the university from sharing them without your consent.
What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
What amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right to peaceful assembly and protest?
The First Amendment
True or False: The First Amendment allows you to say anything without consequences.
False
Can your dorm be searched without a warrant?
What is the fifth amendment?
Protects people from being forced to testify against themselves
At Southern Connecticut State University, students have the right to report discrimination and harassment under this federal law that prohibits gender-based discrimination in education.
What is Title IX?
In which year did the United States pass the "Freedom of Assembly" laws, allowing citizens to gather publicly for protests?
1791, with the ratification of the Bill of Rights (First Amendment)
What Supreme Court case ruled that students don't lose their free speech rights in school?
Tinker v. Des Moines
Can campus police search your car without probable cause?
Yes
What is procedural due process?
enquiries state actors to provide certain procedural protections before they deprive a person of any protected life, liberty, or property interest.
If you believe a grade was assigned unfairly, you have the right to challenge it through this university process.
What is the Grade Appeal Process?
True or False: The First Amendment only protects protests that are nonviolent.
False. The First Amendment protects peaceful assembly, but violent protests may be subject to restrictions.
Can a public college or university limit speech on campus?
Yes, given that the restrictions are content-neutral and resonable
If stopped by police, do you have to consent to a search?
No
What does the sixth amendment guarantee?
the right to a fair trial, including the right to a lawyer, an impartial jury, and the right to know the charges against you.
Students have the right to seek confidential support for mental health concerns through this on-campus resource.
What is University Counseling Services?
What does the term "free speech zone" refer to about protests?
It refers to a designated area where protests are allowed, often limiting where people can demonstrate in public spaces.
What type of speech is NOT protected under the First Amendment?
Inciting Violence
True threats
Obscenity
Defamation
What is the “exclusionary rule” in search and seizure law?
Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
a legal principle that prevents the government from using evidence that was obtained illegally.
Students who have disabilities have the right to reasonable accommodations through this campus office that ensures equal access to education.
What is the Disability Resource Center (DRC)?
In which year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District that students could protest at school, as long as it was not disruptive?
1969