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10/11/2007

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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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