American Legal System
This set of rules attempts to guide human conduct with government sanctions when those rules are violated.
What is law?
The British Government tried to censor this printer 1734 after his paper published several critical articles about the governor in New York.
Who was John Peter Zenger?
This type of defamation is written or printed.
What is libel?
Going into someone's private space is called this.
What is intrusion?
These amendments guarantee certain basic human rights to all citizens.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This type of law is created by legislative bodies at federal, state and local levels.
What is statutory law?
This type of censorship is protected by the First Amendment.
What is government censorship?
These types of platforms cannot be held libel for content created by others.
What are online content providers and hosts?
This type of journalism caused concerns about invasion of privacy with sensationalized newspaper stories that were published at the end of the 19th century.
What is yellow journalism?
This court was formed in 1789 and consists of nine justices.
What is the Supreme Court?
This established rule of law is set by a previous case.
What is a precedent?
These 5 things are protected by the First Amendment.
What is the freedom of religion, speech, press, to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances?
Words that are libelous on their face are known as this.
What is libel per se?
Commercial exploitation of individual's name or likeness is called this.
What is appropriation?
These written documents are used to explain reasons or rationale for court's decisions.
What are opinions?
This branch of government has no way to enforce decisions and must rely on other government agencies to enforce their rulings.
What is the judicial branch of government?
This type of speech is allowed by the First Amendment but is not absolute.
What is anonymous speech?
To publish materials known to be false or with reckless disregard of the truth is known as this.
What is actual malice?
Many states have laws against using this type of aerial device to take photos or video in private areas without getting the owner's consent.
What are drones?
This administrative agency, created in 1934, regulates broadcasting and other telecommunication in the United States.
What is the Federal Communications Commission (or FCC)?
This phrase means: Let the decision stand.
What is stare decisis?
This type of speech has a tendancy to cause acts of violence by the person to whom the speech is directed.
What are fighting words?
Compensatory and civil are two types of these that can be awarded in defamation libel and slander lawsuits.
What are damages (money)?
Courts have ruled that it is the job of this person to decide what is and what is not newsworthy.
What is an editor or reporter?
A civil wrong not based on a contract, against the person or property of another.
What is a tort?