American Structure
The three branches of government
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
This is the test used by the Supreme Court to determine whether creative expression constitutes legally protected speech
What is the SLAPS test
This is a threat that makes an individual seriously believe they are about to be harmed by a speaker
What is a true threat?
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
These lines on the ground made it illegal to protest certain views outside Planned Parenthood in Massachusetts
What is an abortion buffer zone?
The three levels of government in the United States
What are national, state, and local levels
This is when government illegally favors one viewpoint over others
What is viewpoint discrimination?
This speech provides immediate and concrete steps to harm
What is incitement?
This method of constitutional interpretation argues that the Constitution should be interpreted based on evolving societal standards
What is living constitutionalism?
A cheerleader brought her suspension for cursing on this app to the Supreme Court
What is Snapchat?
The ability for the judicial system to declare a law unconstitutional
What is judicial review
This doctrine protects the rights of faculty, and to a lesser degree student, to discuss political issues during school
What is academic freedom?
This speech is why advertisements are constitutionally protected
What is commercial speech?
This is a form of democracy in which citizens themselves vote on an issue
What is direct democracy?
This organization famously protests military funerals
What is the Westborough Baptist church?
A system of government in which power is divided between national and subnational units
What is federalism?
This is the conditions under which regulations on speech are constitutionally permissible
What is content neutrality?
This is the theory that competition between speech produces the best policy outcomes in a democratic society
What is the marketplace of ideas?
This method of constitutional interpretation argues that the Constitution should be interpreted based on what its words meant when the document was adopted
What is originalism?
Socialist Party Presidential candidate Eugene v. Debbs was arrested for protesting this war
What is World War I
The level of the national judicial system that exists between trial courts and the Supreme Court
What are appeals (circuit) courts
The test the Supreme Court no longer uses to determine whether speech is threatening incitement
What is clear and present danger?
This is a written defamation
What is libel?
This is a form of democracy in which policy decisions are made by elected representatives
What is a Republican democracy?
This country used hate speech laws to conduct police raids on mosques
What is Germany?