JRN 430 Midterm answers
What are the three branches of government?Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What is common law?judge made law
Who is part of the legislative branch?Senate and House of Representatives
Who is part of the Executive Branch?President, Vice President, Cabinet
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JRN 430 Midterm answers
What are the three branches of government?✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What is common law?✔✔judge made law
Who is part of the legislative branch?✔✔Senate and House of Representatives
Who is part of the Executive Branch?✔✔President, Vice President, Cabinet
What is prior restraint?✔✔The prohibition of expression at its source by the
government; also called censorship
What is Open Marketplace of Ideas?✔✔When all ideas are allowed to be expressed,
the truth will prevail. (no idea is a false idea)
Why is the First Amendment so important?✔✔-It is core to our country
-Enlightenment
-Self-fulfillment (ability to chose whatever you want)
-Self government (make our own choices/community)
-Categorical
Levels of Scrutiny✔✔1. Strict
2. Intermediate
3. Rational Basis
Three instances of Prior Restraint✔✔1. Movement of troop ships
2. Clear and present danger
3. Obscenity
Five elements of libel✔✔Identification, publication, defamation, fault, damages
What five fundamental freedoms does the First Amendment protect?✔✔1. Religion
2. Speech
3. Press
4. Assembly
5. Petition
What is a FOIA?✔✔Freedom of Information Act, gives the public the right to request
access to records from any federal agency
What is libel?✔✔written communication that damages a persons reputation, that
holds a person up to hatred or ridicule
What is defamation?✔✔communication that injure's another reputation, that holds
one to scorn, ridicule or spite. (false and defamatory)
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