Explain the difference between libel and slander. How are these prohibitions applied to cases involving public figures?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Define both libel and slander.
2, Explain that they are both forms of unprotected, defamatory speech that come in different forms.
3, Explain the different standard that applies to slander or libel against a public official.
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A) Twentieth Amendment B) Twenty-second Amendment C) Twenty-fifth Amendment D) Twenty-sixth Amendment E) Twenty-seventh Amendment
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a. The government must agree to protect its citizens no matter the cost. b. The people must agree to overthrow the government if it becomes tyrannical. c. The government must protect the rights of the people it is governing. d. The people must agree to police themselves and one another.
In _____, the Supreme Court held that a local aircraft noise-abatement ordinance was preempted by the federal Noise Control Act of 1972, even though the Act contained no specific preemptive language and there was no evidence that the ordinance placed a heavy burden on interstate commerce
a. Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal (1973) b. Nantahala Power and Light Company v. Thornburg (1986) c. Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) d. California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1990)
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