The First Amendment
What does the First Amendment protect?
Freedom of speech, press, petition, assembly, and religion.
Name the case that was about high school students protesting the Vietnam war by wearing black arm bands.
Tinker v. Des Moines
What does SCOTUS stand for?
Supreme Court of the United States.
Name the two female rappers who got into a fight where one threw a shoe at the other.
Cardi B & Nicki Minaj.
Name two kinds of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment.
True threats, blackmail, obscenity, incitement to lawless action, fighting words
The case about the St. Louis high school where student editors from the school newspaper sued their high school is called:
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?
10
Which team did LeBron James leave? Which team does he play for now?
Cleveland Cavaliers; Los Angeles Lakers
What is censorship?
The suppression of an idea, writing, or image because someone disagrees with it.
When courts cite to previous cases to help with decision-making, these cases are called:
Precedent cases.
Who was the first black Justice on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall.
Name of Travis Scott's most recent album.
Astroworld
Name two types of press NOT protected by the First Amendment.
Libel, threat to national security, defamation.
What was the outcome of Morse v. Fredrick ("bong hits for Jesus" case)?
The Supreme Court said that the school is allowed to suspend students when their speech promotes drug use, because that kind of speech is not protected by the First Amendment when used in school.
Name the first female Justice on the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor.
Where was Sza born?
St. Louis, Missouri.
Why do we as a society value the freedom of press?
Because the press functions as a watch dog that investigates and reports on government wrongdoing; because the free press contributes to a marketplace of ideas.
When a Justice on the Supreme Court disagrees with the majority of the other Justices, they write a:
How many cases does the Supreme Court hear every year?
80 (But they receive requests to hear up to 7,000 cases!)
In the song "In My Feelings," Keke is rumored to be which celebrity?
Kim Kardashian.