Test Bank for The Law of Public Communication, 12th Edition Lee (All Chapters included)
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Complete Test Bank for The Law of Public Communication, 12th Edition by William E. Lee, Daxton R. Stewart, Jonathan Peters ; ISBN13: 9781032193120. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 12)....
1. Public Communication and the Law.
2. The First Amendment.
3. Methods of Control.
4. Libel.
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Chapter 1
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I. True/False Questions
1) The federal constitution is the country’s ultimate legal authority. (True)
2) The U.S. Supreme Court, the nation’s supreme judicial body, has the last word on the
meaning of the federal constitution. Each state’s supreme court is the interpreter of that
state’s constitution. (True)
3) Amendments to the U.S. Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths of the state
legislatures or by state constitutional conventions in three-fourths of the states. (True)
4) The federal constitution is easy to amend and therefore has been changed frequently.
(False)
5) Federal regulatory agencies are bound by the requirements of the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA). The APA specifies the procedures that must be employed when an
agency enacts rules or enforces regulations. (True)
6) A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule limiting the amount of advertising
appearing in a magazine may be challenged on the ground that the agency has exceeded
its statutory authority. (True)
7) The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution provides that state law cannot supersede
federal law. (True)
8) Most communication cases are brought in criminal court rather than civil court. (False)
9) Common law is enacted by legislatures or administrative agencies. (False)
10) The U.S. Constitution mandates only one federal court, the U.S. Supreme Court, but
allows Congress to create other courts. (True)
11) The U.S. Constitution provides that amendments must be ratified by the President.
(False)
12) Three circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Second Circuit, the D.C. Circuit, and the
Ninth Circuit, are especially important to communication law. (True)
13) The U.S. Supreme Court rarely exercises original jurisdiction; it primarily functions as
an appellate court. (True)
, 14) In 2016, Senate Republicans refused to confirm President Obama’s nominee to fill the
U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Scalia. (True)
15) If the U.S. Supreme Court splits 4–4 on a case, it affirms the lower court judgment
without indicating how individual justices voted; no Supreme Court precedent is created
by such summary affirmance. (True)
16) The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to grant the vast majority of petitions for certiorari it
receives. (True)
17) In criminal cases, the burden of proof requirement is known as “beyond a reasonable
doubt.” In civil cases, same burden of proof requirement applies. (False)
18) Unlike federal judges, most state court judges are elected. (True)
19) Of the six sources of law in the United States, the common law is the most important.
(False)
20) The number of cases filed with the U.S. Supreme Court has remained stable since 1954.
(False)
21) With a 6–3 conservative/liberal split on the Supreme Court, the days of a single swing
justice may be over. Instead, the center of the Court includes four justices: Chief Justice
Roberts and Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. (True)
22) Obscenity law is an example of a type of law enforced by private parties through civil
actions. (False)
23) Chief Justice Rehnquist sought to reduce the number of cases heard by the Supreme
Court. In the later part of his tenure, the Court agreed to hear arguments in fewer than
100 cases a term. (True)
24) A legal wrong committed by one person against another is often called a tort. (True)
25) Original jurisdiction cases are increasingly rare on the Supreme Court’s docket. (True)
II. Key Terms
1) Common law: The body of law developed from custom and tradition as recognized by
judicial decisions. Common law is largely based on previous judicial decisions. The judicial
policy of stare decisis, which means “let past decisions stand” is critical in common law. In
common law cases, a judge decides a case by applying the law established by other judges in
earlier, similar cases.
2) Statutory law: The law made by statutes enacted by legislative bodies such as the U.S.
Congress and state legislatures. Statutes set forth enforceable rules to govern social behavior;
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