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| What is the significance of Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire(1942)? |
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| Fighting words are not protected by the First Amendment. |
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| What is the significance of Colin v. Smith(1978)? |
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| The Nazi Party may march through a jewish neighborhood. |
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| What is the significance of McConnell v. Federal Election Commission(2003)? |
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| It upheld a 2002 campaign finance reform law. |
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| What is the significance of Miller v. California(1973)? |
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| Obscenity defined as appealing to prurient interests of an average person with materials that lack literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. |
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| What is the significance of New York v. Sullivan(1964)? |
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| To libel a public figure, there must be "actual malice." |
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| What is the significance of Reno v. ACLU(1997)? |
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| A law that bans sending "indecent material to minors over the internet is unconstitutional because "indecent" is too vague and broad a term. |
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| What is the significance of Shenck v. United States(1919)? |
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| Speech may be punished if it creates a clear-and-present-danger test of illigal acts. |
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| What is the significance of Texas v. Johnson(1989)? |
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| There may be not be a law banning flag burning. |
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