Case Law
When did Beauharnais v. Illinois take place?
A: 1952
B. 1965
C. 2000
D. 2004
What plays a role in perpetuating social hierarchies, according to Nielsen?
A. Restrictions on free speech
B.1st Amendment
C.14th Amendment
D. Local ordinances
Fighting words are “intentionally, offensive, derisive, or annoying speech.”
A. True
B. False
Where did RAV v. St Paul take place?
A. Michigan
B. Minnesota
C. Massachusetts
D. Mississippi
Matal v. Tam had a unanimous vote.
A. True
B. False
Whose comments fell under the section of “fighting words?”
A. Chaplinsky
B. Phelps
C. Tam
D. Beauharnais
What is “Libel?"
A. a defamatory statement that is published.
B. a defamatory statement that is oral.
C. fighting words
D. threatening speech that causes harm
What was Simon Tam’s band name?
A. Bridges Apart
B. The Grinns
C. The Slants
D. Skyfall
How much did the District Court in Maryland agree to award Snyder?
A. 2 million
B. 21 million
C. 10 million
D. 5 million
What characteristic does Matsuda use to distinguish between racist hate messages and other forms of speech?
A. a message that is persecutorial, hateful, and disingenuous
B. a message that is persecutorial, hateful, and degrading
C. a message that devalues cultural views
D. a message that incites violence
The supreme court ruled that the __________ clause prohibits trademarks that belittle the members of a racial or ethnic group and violates the First Amendment.
A: ‘belittlement clause’
B. ‘fourteenth amendment’
C. ‘disparagement’
D. ‘local ordinance’
What does the ICERD stand for?
A. Interconnection Correction on Elimination of Racial Discrimination
B. Interface Connection of the Elimination of Forms of Racial Deals
C. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
D. International Correlation on the Elimination of Racial Deliberation
What was one teen charged with in RAV v. St Paul?
A. Charged with bail
B. Second degree murder
C. Arson
D. Local ordinance
What did teenagers do to express hate toward an African American family in RAV v. St. Paul?
A. give racist speeches
B. spray graffiti
C. spread hateful flyers
D. burn a cross
Trademarks are
A. private and nongovernmental speech
B. public speech
C. private and governmental speech
D. free speech
Which Supreme Court Justice did not participate in the discussion or decision of Matal v. Tam?
A. Stephen Brayer
B. Neil Gorsuch
C. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D. Brett Kavanaugh
What speech exceptions did the Court identify under the First Amendment?
A. Racist speech
B. Profane and slanderous speech
C. Sexist speech
D. Begging
Lawrence points to Brown v. Board of Education to show an instance of what?
A. hate speech consisting of fighting words, not protected by the 1st amendment
B. hate speech independent of fighting words, not protected by the 1st amendment
C. hate speech consisting of fighting words protected by the 1st amendment
D. hate speech independent of fighting words, protected by the 1st amendment
What is the LEAST doctrinal form of speech?
A. racist speech
B. begging
C. sexist speech
D. homophobic speech
What are the formal rules and procedures that have worked before to eliminate oppression?
A. Desegregation, Affirmative Action, Reparations
B. Legal Doctrine and Desegregation
C. Domestic Law
D. Matsuda