Defamatory speech Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

JOMC 486 Final Exam Notes Transformative-Use Test -When a work contains significant transformative elements it is worthy of First Amendment protection and is less likely to interfere with the interests protected by right of publicity -Determining whether a work is transformative involves examining five factors No-Real-Relationship Test -Central question is whether the use of the celebrity's persona is artistically relevant to the defendant's work -If so, the use is protected, so long a...

SCCJA QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF: RELIGION SPEECH PRESS PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY & TO PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES FREEDOM OF SPEECH PICKETING, SYMBOLIC SPEECH, FLAG BURNING, STREET PREACHING, ETC. DEFAMATORY SPEECH False speech that damages a person's good name, character, or reputation FIGHTING WORDS Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or incite them to acts of violence OR AN...

MMC 4208 Exam 1 - Virtual Exam Review & Study Guide A limited-purpose public figure is one who - Answer-Thrusts himself/herself into public contraversies in an attempt to influence the outcome The principle that provides for the application of the First Amendment to laws enacted by the states is known as - Answer-Doctrine of Incorporation A judgment made by a court that is based on the pleadings, admissions, affidavits, answers to interrogatories and depositions is called a - Answer-Summa...

JOMC 486: Exam One first amendment congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances levels of speech/expression -pure speech -intermediate speech -unprotected speech pure speech given the highest level of protection; examples: public speech, writing a letter, publish...

MMC 4208 Exam 1 - Virtual Exam Review & Study Guide A limited-purpose public figure is one who - Answer-Thrusts himself/herself into public contraversies in an attempt to influence the outcome The principle that provides for the application of the First Amendment to laws enacted by the states is known as - Answer-Doctrine of Incorporation A judgment made by a court that is based on the pleadings, admissions, affidavits, answers to interrogatories and depositions is called a - Answer-Summa...

SCCJA QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF: RELIGION SPEECH PRESS PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY & TO PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES FREEDOM OF SPEECH PICKETING, SYMBOLIC SPEECH, FLAG BURNING, STREET PREACHING, ETC. DEFAMATORY SPEECH False speech that damages a person's good name, character, or reputation FIGHTING WORDS Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or incite them to acts of violence OR AN...

abound exist in large numbers or amounts. amorphous without a clearly defined shape or form. austere 1. Strict in manner 2. Lack of comforts or luxuries belie 1. (of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something). 2. fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation). capricious given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. cerebral 1. of the cerebrum of the brain. 2. intellectual rather than emotional or physical. ...

JOMC 486 Test 1 Solved 100% Correct!! Brandenburg was convicted under the Ohio Criminal Syndicalism law which prohibited (brandenburg vs. ohio) advocacy of violence to bring about industrial or political reform. Brandenburg was filmed at a rally of (brandenburg vs. ohio) the Ku Klux Klan. In the 1927 Whitney v. California decision, the U.S. Supreme Court had said a criminal syndicalism statute similar to Ohio's was (brandenburg vs. ohio) constitutional. According to the Supreme Court, ...

MMC 4208 Exam 1 - Virtual Exam Review & Study Guide A limited-purpose public figure is one who - Answer-Thrusts himself/herself into public contraversies in an attempt to influence the outcome The principle that provides for the application of the First Amendment to laws enacted by the states is known as - Answer-Doctrine of Incorporation A judgment made by a court that is based on the pleadings, admissions, affidavits, answers to interrogatories and depositions is called a - Answer-Summa...

Strict Scrutiny - the government must show the law or regulation furthers a compelling governmental interest and is narrowly tailored for achieving that interest Strict Scrutiny (if the law being challenged affects...) - fundamental rights or pure speech (or employs a content-based regulation of speech) Intermediate Scrutiny - the government must show the law or regulation serves a substantial governmental interest and directly advances that interest Intermediate Scrutiny (if the law be...