Schenk and Brandenburg
What action by an individual or group was given the by the Supreme Court as unprotected speech that could be punished by the government?
Yelling "Fire" in a crowded building
The principle established by the Supreme Court in the case of Tinker v Des Moines states that
Students rights do not stop at the School House gates
Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986) set a precedent that
School officials could censor language that was not socially acceptable
In Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier SCOTUS ruled that a school has the right to censor
True or false: The First Amendment protects a person's right to burn the American flag as a form of political protest?
True
Case that set the standard that free speech creating a "Clear and Present danger" was not protected by the 1st Amendment eg.
Schenck v. US (1919)
Wearing a black armband in protest of a war would best be described as
Symbolic Speech
The Morse v Frederick ruling stated that
School could regulate speech on field trips
True or false: A public school can lawfully enact a campus speech code that prohibits "harassing, demeaning, highly offensive or insulting speech based on one's actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability or other personal characteristic."
True
Case that struck down all State laws against desecrating the American Flag
Texas v. Johnson
Case that set the "imminent lawless action test", which states that speech can only be restricted if it incites an "imminent lawless action that is likely to actually occur."
Brandenburg v Ohio
The "Tinker Standard" states that students can speak about anything as long as the speech does not cause
a disruption to the educational atmosphere
The vote count of Morse v Frederick (2007) was
5-4
With whom does the final decision in school speech decisions rest?
The Principal or Superintendent
Johnson burned a flag because he
a communistic overthrow of the American Government
The constitutional guarantees of free speech are intended to protect
Unpopular Views
The SCOTUS justices that ruled in favor of Morse in Morse v. Frederick used the judicial precedents set forth in
Bethel v. Fraser (1986) and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier(1988)
Burning a flag is a form of
Symbolic Speech
At what age does the First Amendment officially begin to protect a person's free speech rights?
There is no Age limit